ထောင်ကဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 頭家 / 头家 (thâu-ke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰàʊɴkɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htaungkai: • ALA-LC: thoṅʻkai • BGN/PCGN: htaungkè: • Okell: htauñkè

Noun

ထောင်ကဲ • (htaungkai:)

  1. (honorific) respectful form of address used for Chinese men

References

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