စားတော်ခေါ်

Burmese

Etymology

စား (ca:) +‎ -တော် (-tau) +‎ ခေါ် (hkau)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: စားဒေါ်ခေါ်

IPA^(key): /sádɔ̀kʰɔ̀/

Romanization: MLCTS: ca:tauhkau • ALA-LC: cāʺtoʻkhoʻ • BGN/PCGN: sa:dawhkaw • Okell: sàtohko

Verb

စားတော်ခေါ် • (ca:tauhkau)

(honorific, of royalty) to eat, to partake in a meal

Synonyms

စား (ca:)
ဘုဉ်းပေး (bhuny:pe:) (of monks)
သုံးဆောင် (sum:hcaung) (polite)

Further reading

“စားတော်ခေါ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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