ယောက်မ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ယောင်းမ
  • IPA(key): /jáʊɴma̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yaukma. • ALA-LC: yokʻma • BGN/PCGN: yaung:ma. • Okell: yaùñmá

Etymology 1

ယောက် (yauk, “classifier for person”) +‎ -မ (-ma., “-ess”).

Noun

ယောက်မ • (yaukma.)

  1. sister-in-law, specifically brother's wife or husband's sister
  2. (colloquial) affectionate term of address between women
Derived terms
  • သမီးယောက်မ (sa.mi:yaukma.)

Etymology 2

ယောက် (yauk, “ladle”) +‎ မ (ma., “big, main”).

Noun

ယောက်မ • (yaukma.)

  1. flat wooden ladle
Derived terms
  • သံယောက်မ (sam-yaukma.)

Further reading

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