ဖုန်

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 粉 (MC pjunX, “powder, flour”). Cognate with Thai ฝุ่น (fùn), Lao ຝຸ່ນ (fun), Tai Dam ꪄꪴ꪿ꪙ, Shan ၽုၼ်ႇ (phùn). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

The adjectival senses are grouped with the "dust" sense by MED, though it is unclear whether they are indeed etymologically related. Neither STEDT nor Luce 1981 appear to mention them.

• IPA^(key): /pʰòʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpun • ALA-LC: phunʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpon • Okell: hpouñ

ဖုန် • (hpun)

1. dust

ဖုန် • (hpun)

1. thick
2. distinct
3. light in texture (as in a pastry, roasted dried fish, etc.)

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

Borrowed from Burmese ဖုံ (hpum).

• IPA^(key): /pʰuːn/

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ဖုန် (phun)

1. mattress

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.