မုန့်လင်မယား
Burmese
Etymology
မုန့် (mun., “snack”) + လင်မယား (langma.ya:, “couple”), literally “couple's treat”.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မုန့်လင်မ'ယား
- IPA(key): /mo̰ʊɴlɪ̀ɴməjá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: mun.langma.ya: • ALA-LC: munʻʹlaṅʻmayāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mon.linmăya: • Okell: moúñliñmăyà
Noun
မုန့်လင်မယား • (mun.langma.ya:)
- a traditional Burmese snack made with rice flour and quail eggs, fried to a hemispherical shape in a dimpled pan, and served in pairs
Synonyms
- မုန့်အုပ်ကလေး (mun.upka.le:)
Further reading
- “မုန့်လင်မယား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.