နှာစေး

Burmese

Etymology

နှာ (hna, “nose”) +‎ စေး (ce:, “sticky, clammy”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: နှာစီး
  • IPA(key): /n̥àsí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hnace: • ALA-LC: nhāceʺ • BGN/PCGN: hnasi: • Okell: hnasì

Verb

နှာစေး • (hnace:)

  1. to catch a cold
  2. (figuratively) to pretend not to notice something, turn a blind eye

Further reading

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