ယုံ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *jum (to believe); cognate with Lahu yō(n) (to believe), as well as possibly Old Chinese (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)

  1. to believe, trust

Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • ယုံကျုံ (yumkyum)
  • ယုံကြည် (yumkrany)
  • ယုံစား (yumca:)
  • ယုံမှား (yumhma:)

(Nouns)

  • ကျွန်ယုံတော် (kywan-yumtau)
  • မယုံသင်္ကာ (ma.yumsangka)
  • ယုံတမ်းစကား (yumtam:ca.ka:)
  • လူယုံ (luyum)

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