mbwn
Appearance
Zhuang
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tai *ɓɯnᴬ (“sky; heaven”). Cognate with Thai บน (bon), Northern Thai ᨷᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ບົນ (bon), Lü ᦥᦳᧃ (bun) or ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Shan ဝူၼ် (wǔun) or မူၼ် (mǔun), Bouyei mbenl, Saek บึ๋น, Tày bôn.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɓɯn˨˦/
- Tone numbers: mbwn1
- Hyphenation: mbwn
Noun
[edit]mbwn (Sawndip forms 𭑆 or 𭑙 or 𭑇 or 𮦗 or 𮦅, 1957–1982 spelling ƃɯn)
- sky
- Synonym: fax
- weather
- Synonym: dienheiq
- (religion) God (impersonal and universal spiritual presence or force)
- (religion) heaven