ဝံ

See also: ဝမ်း, ဝံ့, ၀, ဝ, ဝႆ, and 𑄤

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm (“bear”). Cognate with Cantonese 熊 (hung4) and Tibetan དོམ (dom).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wʊ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wam • ALA-LC: vaṃ • BGN/PCGN: wun • Okell: wuñ

Noun

ဝံ • (wam)

  1. bear

Derived terms

  • ကြောင်ဝံပိုင့် (kraung-wampuing.)
  • မျောက်ဝံ (myauk-wam)
  • မြင်းဝံ (mrang:wam)
  • လူဝံ (luwam)
  • ဝံပိုင့် (wampuing.)
  • ဝံပုလွေ (wampu.lwe)
  • ဝံရွှေ (wamhrwe)
  • ဝက်ဝံ (wak-wam)

Further reading

Pali

    Alternative forms

    Alternative scripts
    • vaṃ (Latin script)
    • 𑀯𑀁 (Brahmi script)
    • वं (Devanagari script)
    • ৰং (Bengali script)
    • වං (Sinhalese script)
    • วํ or วัง (Thai script)
    • ᩅᩴ (Tai Tham script)
    • ວໍ or ວັງ (Lao script)
    • វំ (Khmer script)
    • 𑅇𑄁 (Chakma script)

    Noun

    ဝံ

    1. Burmese script form of vaṃ, which is accusative singular of ဝ (va, “letter 'v'”)

    S'gaw Karen

    Pronunciation

    • (Kayin State) IPA(key): /wi³³/
    • (Mae Hong Son) IPA(key): /vi⁵⁵/

    Etymology 1

    Cognate with Bwe Karen 'wi or u.

    Verb

    ဝံ • (wee)

    1. to carry (with a tumpline)

    Etymology 2

    Cognate with Bwe Karen 'wi.

    Noun

    ဝံ • (wee)

    1. a prophet
    2. destiny, luck

    Compounds

    • ဝံတီ (wee taw)
    • ဝံဘျၣ် (wee blà)
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