ဟောင်
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Burmese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /hàʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: haung • ALA-LC: hoṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: haung • Okell: hauñ
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *haw(ŋ/k) (“to bark”). Compare Middle Chinese 吼 (MC xuwX|xuwH, “to roar; to shout”).
Verb[edit]
ဟောင် • (haung)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
ဟောင် • (haung)
- to be rancid; to give off a bad odour; to stink
References[edit]
- “ဟောင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.