ကျုံ့

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-grum (“contracted, stunted, dwarfish”); cognate with Mizo tum (“to jump”) (STEDT). Note also strong phonetic and semantic similarities to Old Chinese 減 (OC *krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ, “to decrease, diminish”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕo̰ʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kyum. • ALA-LC: kyuṃʹ • BGN/PCGN: kyon. • Okell: coúñ

ကျုံ့ • (kyum.)

1. to shrink, contract, become reduced in size

• “ကျုံ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.