ဆန်ကုန်မြေလေး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ဆန် (hcan, “rice”) + ကုန် (kun, “to waste”) + မြေ (mre, “ground”) + လေး (le:, “to be heavy”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sʰàɴkòʊɴmjèlé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hcankunmrele: • ALA-LC: chanʻkunʻmreleʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsankonmyele: • Okell: hsañkouñmyeileì
Noun
[edit]ဆန်ကုန်မြေလေး • (hcankunmrele:)
- (figurative) useless person, good-for-nothing
References
[edit]- “ဆန်ကုန်မြေလေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.