ဆင်ပိုး

Burmese

Etymology

ဆင် (hcang, “elephant”) +‎ ပိုး (pui:, “insect”), literally “elephant bug”, in reference to the long rostra of the beetles.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰɪ̀ɴpó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcangpui: • ALA-LC: chaṅʻpuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hsinpo: • Okell: hsiñpoù

Noun

ဆင်ပိုး • (hcangpui:)

  1. weevil
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.