ជុំ

Khmer

Etymology

From Old Khmer jum, juṃ, juṃm, cuṃ (“about, round; to encircle, to ring, to surround; to group together, to embody, to include, to unite; etc”). Cognate with Vietnamese chùm (“cluster”), Bahnar jum (“around”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic ជុំ
juṃ
WT romanisation cum
(standard) IPA(key) /cum/

Verb

ជុំ • (cum) (abstract noun ការជុំ)

  1. to surround, encircle
  2. to assemble, unite, gather(together)

Noun

ជុំ • (cum)

  1. round, turn, circuit, lap, orbit, revolution

Classifier

ជុំ • (cum)

  1. classifier for revolutions, circuits, rounds, turns, laps or movements around something
  2. classifier for necklaces and bracelets

Affixed forms

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