မြေပုံ

See also: မြေပဲ

Burmese

မြေပုံ

Etymology

မြေ (mre, “earth”) +‎ ပုံ (pum, “picture”). The non-"map" senses ("mound", "sand model") invoke the etymologically-separate "pile" sense of ပုံ (pum).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မြေဗုံ
• IPA^(key): /mjèbòʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mrepum • ALA-LC: mrepuṃ • BGN/PCGN: myebon • Okell: myeipouñ

Noun

မြေပုံ • (mrepum)

1. map (visual representation of an area)
2. mound
3. burial mound
4. sand model

Further reading

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