ဆန်ကုန်မြေလေး

Burmese

Etymology

ဆန် (hcan, “rice”) +‎ ကုန် (kun, “to waste”) +‎ မြေ (mre, “ground”) +‎ လေး (le:, “to be heavy”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sʰàɴkòʊɴmjèlé/

Romanization: MLCTS: hcankunmrele: • ALA-LC: chanʻkunʻmreleʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsankonmyele: • Okell: hsañkouñmyeileì

Noun

ဆန်ကုန်မြေလေး • (hcankunmrele:)

(figurative) useless person, good-for-nothing

References

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

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