တုပ်ကွေး

Burmese

Etymology

Not listed in MED, though a compound of တုပ် (tup, “to tie, bind; to sting”) +‎ ကွေး (kwe:, “to bend, curl”), apparently calquing English grippe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toʊʔkwé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tupkwe: • ALA-LC: tupʻkveʺ • BGN/PCGN: tokkwe: • Okell: touʔkweì

Noun

တုပ်ကွေး • (tupkwe:)

  1. influenza, grippe

Further reading

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