မီးပွား

Burmese

FWOTD – 28 September 2017

Etymology

မီး (mi:, “fire”) +‎ ပွား (pwa:, “to grow”)

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မီးဗွား
  • IPA(key): /míbwá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mi:pwa: • ALA-LC: mīʺpvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi:bwa: • Okell: mìpwà

Noun

မီးပွား • (mi:pwa:)

  1. spark (particle of glowing matter)
  2. (figurative) spark (something small that has the potential to become something greater)

Further reading

  • “မီးပွား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 758.
  • “မီးပွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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