chinlone

English

Men playing chinlone.

Alternative forms

• chinlon

Etymology

From Burmese ခြင်းလုံး (hkrang:lum:), from ခြင်း (hkrang:, “basket”) + အလုံး (a.lum:, “ball”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪn.loʊn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɪn.ləʊn/

Noun

chinlone (uncountable)

1. A Burmese ball game incorporating aspects of both sport and dance.

Synonyms

• caneball

Translations

Burmese ball game

• Burmese: ခြင်းလုံး (my) (hkrang:lum:)