ရုံး

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See also: ရုံ and ရိုး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rum: • ALA-LC: ruṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: yon: • Okell: yoùñ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Almost seems like it could be borrowed from English room, but this is probably implausible, assuming that the Burmese word is attested before the 19th century. That said, this could be related to ရုံ (rum, clump, building).”

Noun

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ရုံး (rum:)

  1. office (building or room)
  2. court

Verb

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ရုံး (rum:)

  1. to assemble, gather

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Shan: လုမ်း (lúm)

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

Noun

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ရုံး (rum:)

  1. large timber tree yielding a strong and resilient yellowish wood (Anogeissus acuminata)
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Further reading

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