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ကောင်းကင်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Treated as an atomic non-decomposable unit by MED. First component could plausibly be ကောင်း (kaung:, “good”) (something like "the great expanse", i.e. the sky), but ကင် (kang) doesn't seem to invoke the "toast" sense, unless the ancient Burmese thought of the sky as something so hot it roasted everything underneath (Myanmar is a tropical nation).”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ကောင်းဂင်
  • IPA(key): /káʊɴɡɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kaung:kang • ALA-LC: koṅʻʺkaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: kaung:gin • Okell: kaùñkiñ

Noun

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ကောင်းကင် • (kaung:kang)

  1. sky

Derived terms

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Further reading

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