ဝမ်းကွဲ

Burmese

Etymology

ဝမ်း (wam:, belly, womb) +‎ ကွဲ (kwai:, to split, differ).

Pronunciation 1

  • Phonetic respellings: ဝ/မ်းကွဲ, ဝမ်းကွဲ
  • IPA(key): /wáɴkwɛ́/, /wʊ́ɴkwɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wam:kwai: • ALA-LC: vamʻʺkvai • BGN/PCGN: wan:kwè:/wun:kwè: • Okell: wàñkwè/wùñkwè

Verb

ဝမ်းကွဲ • (wam:kwai:)

  1. to be cousins (once, twice, etc.) removed

Noun

ဝမ်းကွဲ • (wam:kwai:)

  1. cousin

Pronunciation 2

  • Phonetic respelling: ဝ/မ်းဂွဲ
  • IPA(key): /wáɴɡwɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wam:kwai: • ALA-LC: vamʻʺkvai • BGN/PCGN: wan:gwè: • Okell: wàñk

Verb

ဝမ်းကွဲ • (wam:kwai:)

  1. to be touched
  2. to grieve

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