ထောင်မှူး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ထောင် (htaung, “jail”) + မှူး (hmu:, “deputy”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /tʰàʊɴm̥ú/
- Romanization: MLCTS: htaunghmu: • ALA-LC: thoṅʻmhūʺ • BGN/PCGN: htaunghmu: • Okell: htauñhmù
Noun
[edit]ထောင်မှူး • (htaunghmu:)
- jailer
- (historical) A commander of a thousand troops garrisoned at each of the four cardinal points of the royal palace.
References
[edit]- “ထောင်မှူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.