ထီးကြီးသုပ်

Burmese

Etymology

ထေရ် (hter, “monk”) +‎ သုပ် (sup, “salad”), since pickled tea leaf salad was offered to Buddhist monks.[1]

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ထီးဂြီးသုပ်
IPA^(key): /tʰíd͡ʑíθoʊʔ/
Romanization: MLCTS: hti:kri:sup • ALA-LC: thīʺkrīʺsupʻ • BGN/PCGN: hti:gyi:thok • Okell: htìcìthouʔ

Noun

ထီးကြီးသုပ် • (hti:kri:sup)

(regional, Myingyan) fermented or pickled tea leaf salad

Synonyms

လက်ဖက်သုပ် (lakhpaksup)

References

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

“အလင်္ကာပုလဲပန်း၊ မြင်းခြံနယ်က ဒေသိယဝေါဟာရများ ၂”, in BBC News မြန်မာ‎ (in Burmese), 2021 January 30

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