ထောင်ကဲ
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hokkien 頭家／头家 (thâu-ke).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tʰàʊɴkɛ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: htaungkai: • ALA-LC: thoṅʻkai • BGN/PCGN: htaungkè: • Okell: htauñkè
Noun
[edit]ထောင်ကဲ • (htaungkai:)
- (honorific) respectful form of address used for Chinese men
References
[edit]- “ထောင်ကဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.