လေးကောင်ဂျင်

Burmese

Etymology

လေး (le:, “four”) +‎ ကောင် (kaung, “animal”) +‎ ဂျင် (gyang, “spinning top”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: လေးဂေါင်ဂျင်
  • IPA(key): /léɡàʊɴd͡ʑɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: le:kaunggyang • ALA-LC: leʺkoṅʻgyaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: le:gaunggyin • Okell: leìkauñjiñ

Noun

လေးကောင်ဂျင် • (le:kaunggyang)

  1. a top with four sides bearing pictures of four animals (i.e. cock, eel, frog, and hog)
    1. a gambling game played with aforementioned top

Further reading

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