တုံ့ပြန်

Burmese

Etymology

တုံ့ (tum., “to give in return, turn back”) +‎ ပြန် (pran, “to return, reply”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to̰ʊɴpjàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tum.pran • ALA-LC: tuṃʹpranʻ • BGN/PCGN: ton.pyan • Okell: toúñpyañ

Verb

တုံ့ပြန် • (tum.pran)

  1. to requite, give in return
  2. (figuratively) to retaliate, pay back in the same coin

Further reading

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