မိုးကြိုး

Burmese

Etymology

မိုး (mui:, “sky; rain”) +‎ ကြိုး (krui:, “to roar, to rumble, to roll; rope, cord”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မိုးဂြိုး
• IPA^(key): /mód͡ʑó/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mui:krui: • ALA-LC: muiʺkruiʺ • BGN/PCGN: mo:gyo: • Okell: moùcoù

Noun

မိုးကြိုး • (mui:krui:)

1. thunder; thunderclap; thunderbolt
2. alloy of gold and copper
3. term for a combination of a six and a diagonally depicted seven, in a three- deck domino game

References

• “မိုးကြိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.