ဖုံ

See also: ဖုံး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pʷum (“egg, testicle; to sit on eggs, hatch”); see ဖုံး (hpum:, “to cover, conceal”) for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpum • ALA-LC: phuṃ • BGN/PCGN: hpon • Okell: hpouñ

Noun

ဖုံ • (hpum)

  1. cushion
  2. mat for wiping one's feet

Particle

ဖုံ • (hpum)

  1. numerical classifier for counting things in heaps, batches, or packs
  2. word denoting entity
    တစ်နည်းတစ်ဖုံ ― tacnany:tachpum ― in one way or another

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