မီးသွေး

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from မီး (mi:, “fire”) +‎ သွေး (swe:, “blood”), though it appears more feasible that the second syllable is related to သွေ့ (swe., “dry”) instead.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မီး+သွေး
  • IPA(key): /míðwé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mi:swe: • ALA-LC: mīʺsveʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi:dhwe: • Okell: mìthweì

Noun

မီးသွေး • (mi:swe:)

  1. charcoal

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • “မီးသွေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “မီးသွေး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 760.
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