ကောင်လေး

Burmese

Etymology

ကောင် (kaung, “body”) +‎ လေး (le:, “littleness suffix”), apparently from an abbreviation of ကောင်ကလေး (kaungka.le:, “little boy”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kàʊɴlé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kaungle: • ALA-LC: koṅʻleʺ • BGN/PCGN: kaungle: • Okell: kauñleì

Noun

ကောင်လေး • (kaungle:)

  1. (same as ကောင်ကလေး (kaungka.le:)) little boy

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