လင်မယား
Burmese
Etymology
Dvandva compound of လင် (lang, “husband”) + မယား (ma.ya:, “wife”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: လင်မ'ယား
- IPA(key): /lɪ̀ɴməjá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: langma.ya: • ALA-LC: laṅʻmayāʺ • BGN/PCGN: linmăya: • Okell: liñmăyà
Noun
လင်မယား • (langma.ya:) (classifier တွဲ)
- a (married) couple (husband and wife)
Further reading
- “လင်မယား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.