ရုံ

See also: ရုံး

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rum • ALA-LC: ruṃ • BGN/PCGN: yon • Okell: youñ
  • Homophones: ယုံ (yum), ယုန် (yun)

Etymology 1

Perhaps derived from Malay ruang, and cognate with Mon ရိုၚ်, Thai โรง (roong), Khmer រោង (roong).[1]

Noun

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. clump, bush
  2. generic term for shelter, shed, building
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Pali ārāma. Contraction of အာရာမ (arama.).

Noun

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. (Buddhism) used in the names of Buddhist monasteries
    မဟာဂန္ဓာရုံကျောင်းတိုက်
    ma.hagandharumkyaung:tuik
    Mahagandhayon Monastery

Verb

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. to wear or put on
    Synonym: ဝတ် (wat)
Derived terms
  • ခြုံရုံ (hkrum-rum)
  • ဝတ်ရုံ (watrum)
  • သင်္ကန်းရုံ (sangkan:rum)

Particle

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. only (particle suffixed to a verb to convey the sense of being limited in degree or extent)

References
  1. Mathias Jenny (2021 August 9) Paul Sidwell, Mathias Jenny, editors, 25 The national languages of MSEA: Burmese, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Vietnamese‎ (in Burmese), De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 599–622
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