ဝှေးစေ့

Burmese

Etymology

ဝှေး (hwe:) +‎ စေ့ (ce.). Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d(w)əy (“egg; testicle”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ဝှေးဇိ, ဂွေးဇိ
• IPA^(key): /ʍézḭ/, /ɡwézḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hwe:ce. • ALA-LC: vheʺceʹ • BGN/PCGN: hwe:zi./gwe:zi. • Okell: hweìsí/gweìsí

Noun

ဝှေးစေ့ • (hwe:ce.)

1. (anatomy) testicle, testis

Synonyms

• ကပ်ပယ် (kappai)

References

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