အခွံ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ ခွံ (hkwam, peel, bark, shell).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ခွံ
  • IPA(key): /ʔəkʰʊ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.hkwam • ALA-LC: ʼakhvaṃ • BGN/PCGN: ăhkun • Okell: ăhkuñ

Noun

အခွံ • (a.hkwam)

  1. peel, skin, bark, rind, pod, shell, husk, crust, hull
  2. empty, packaging

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