မှုန်

See also: မန်, မှန်, မွေးနေ့, မြန်, and မုန်း

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mun (“dark, dull, sad”). Cognate with Tibetan རྨུན་པོ (rmun po, “dull, heavy, stupid”) and Chinese 悶 (mèn, “depressed, in low spirits”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m̥òʊɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: hmun • ALA-LC: mhun‘ • BGN/PCGN: hmon • Okell: hmouñ

Verb

မှုန် • (hmun)

be dim
be gloomy, sullen

References

“မှုန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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