ပေါလော

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from ပေါ (pau:, “abundant”) +‎ လော (lau:, “to hustle”), though this makes little semantic sense, and it appears more likely to be a reduplicative sound-symbolic compound.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဗောလော
  • IPA(key): /bɔ́lɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pau:lau: • ALA-LC: polo • BGN/PCGN: baw:law: • Okell: pòlò

Adverb

ပေါလော • (pau:lau:)

  1. afloat, floating

Further reading

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