ယုံ
Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *jum (“to believe”); cognate with Lahu yō(n) (“to believe”), as well as possibly Old Chinese 允 (OC *lunʔ, “to allow; fair”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jòʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: yum • ALA-LC: yuṃ • BGN/PCGN: yon • Okell: youñ
- Homophones: ယုန် (yun), ရုံ (rum)
Verb
ယုံ • (yum)
Derived terms
(Verbs)
- ယုံကျုံ (yumkyum)
- ယုံကြည် (yumkrany)
- ယုံစား (yumca:)
- ယုံမှား (yumhma:)
(Nouns)
- ကျွန်ယုံတော် (kywan-yumtau)
- မယုံသင်္ကာ (ma.yumsangka)
- ယုံတမ်းစကား (yumtam:ca.ka:)
- လူယုံ (luyum)
Further reading
- “ယုံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “ယုံ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 820.