စွယ်စုံ

Burmese

Etymology

စွယ် (cwai, “fang”) +‎ စုံ (cum, “pair”). The "versatile" sense appears to be a semantic extension of the "well-developed elephant" sense, as such elephants could perform a variety of tasks.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: စွယ်ဇုံ
  • IPA(key): /swɛ̀zòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: cwaicum • ALA-LC: cvayʻcuṃ • BGN/PCGN: swèzon • Okell: swesouñ

Noun

စွယ်စုံ • (cwaicum)

  1. full-grown elephant with a pair of fully developed symmetrical tusks

Adjective

စွယ်စုံ • (cwaicum)

  1. (figuratively) versatile

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