မြေပုံ

See also: မြေပဲ

Burmese

Etymology

မြေ (mre, earth) +‎ ပုံ (pum, picture). The non-"map" senses ("mound", "sand model") invoke the etymologically-separate "pile" sense of ပုံ (pum).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မြေဗုံ
  • IPA(key): /mjèbòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mrepum • ALA-LC: mrepuṃ • BGN/PCGN: myebon • Okell: myeipouñ

Noun

မြေပုံ • (mrepum)

  1. map (visual representation of an area)
  2. mound
  3. burial mound
  4. sand model

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