မီးသွေး

Burmese

Etymology

မီး (mi:, “fire”) +‎ သွေ့ (swe., “to be dry”)[1]

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: မီး+သွေး
IPA^(key): /míðwé/
Romanization: MLCTS: mi:swe: • ALA-LC: mīʺsveʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi:dhwe: • Okell: mìthweì

Noun

မီးသွေး • (mi:swe:)

charcoal

Derived terms

(Nouns)

ကျောက်မီးသွေး (kyaukmi:swe:)

References

“မီးသွေး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 760.

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

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