ချောင်းဆိုး

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from ချောင်း (hkyaung:, “a cough”) +‎ ဆိုး (hcui:, “bad, serious”). However, the compound may be better interpreted as ချောင်း (hkyaung:, “throat”) +‎ ဆိုး (hcui:, “to cough”); see those entries for more.

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰáʊɴsʰó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyaung:hcui: • ALA-LC: khyoṅʻʺchuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: chaung:hso: • Okell: hcaùñhsoù

Verb

ချောင်းဆိုး • (hkyaung:hcui:)

  1. to cough

Pronunciation 2

  • Phonetic respelling: ချောင်းဇိုး
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰáʊɴzó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkyaung:hcui: • ALA-LC: khyoṅʻʺchuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: chaung:zo: • Okell: hcaùñzoù

Noun

ချောင်းဆိုး • (hkyaung:hcui:)

  1. a cough

Further reading

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