Lexnary
Donate
ENGLISH → ZAIWA

“corn” in Zaiwa

In Zaiwa, corn is luŋ¹¹, luŋ²¹pum²¹, lum⁴⁴ bum³¹.

Meaning in English

1. (noun) something sentimental or trite 2. (noun) ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food 3. (noun) whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn 4. (noun) tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times 5. (noun) (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland) 6. (noun) the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal 7. (noun) a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes 8. (verb) preserve with large-grained rock salt 9. (verb) feed (cattle) with corn

Definition: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0)

Zaiwa dictionary entries

dictionary entry
Zaiwa

luŋ¹¹

maize/corn

Source: Burmish lexical collection: Zaiwa, lustig2010zaiwa

noun
Zaiwa

luŋ²¹pum²¹

maize / corn

Source: STEDT database: Zaiwa, Huang and Dai 92 TBL (TBL)

dictionary entry
Zaiwa

lum⁴⁴ bum³¹

corn

Source: Burmish lexical collection: Zaiwa, wannemacher1994preliminary

dictionary entry
Zaiwa

luŋ²²-pum²²

maize, corn

Source: Burmish lexical collection: Zaiwa, yabu1982atsi

dictionary entry
Zaiwa

luŋ²¹ pum²¹

玉米

Source: Burmish lexical collection: Zaiwa, xu1984zaiwa

noun
Zaiwa

ʦo⁴² muj²² lum²²

corn/grain

Source: Burmish lexical collection: Zaiwa, sawada2004tentative

Search “corn” in the dictionary

“corn” in other languages

More Zaiwa words

All English–Zaiwa words A–Z