ဝေလငါး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowing from English whale + ငါး (nga:, “fish”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wèla̰ŋá/

Romanization: MLCTS: wela.nga: • ALA-LC: velaṅāʺ • BGN/PCGN: wela.nga: • Okell: weilángà

Noun

ဝေလငါး • (wela.nga:) (classifier ကောင်)

whale
Synonym: ငါးဝန် (nga:wan)

Further reading

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.