စားပွဲတင်တင်းနစ်

Burmese

Etymology

From စားပွဲ (ca:pwai:, “table”) +‎ တင် (tang, “to place upon”) +‎ တင်းနစ် (tang:nac, “tennis”) (despite MED not recognizing the semantic identity of the last two syllables). It is also possible, though less likely, that တင် (tang) invokes the sense of "buttocks", due to the ping pong table and net able to be metaphorically compared to a pair of buttocks and a buttcrack (gluteal cleft).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဇား'ဗွဲဒင်တင်းနစ်
  • IPA(key): /zəbwɛ́dɪ̀ɴtɪ́ɴnɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ca:pwai:tangtang:nac • ALA-LC: cāʺpvaitaṅʻtaṅʻʺnacʻ • BGN/PCGN: zăbwè:dintin:nit • Okell: săpwètiñtìñniʔ

Noun

စားပွဲတင်တင်းနစ် • (ca:pwai:tangtang:nac)

  1. table tennis

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