တောအုပ်

Burmese

Etymology

တော (tau:, “forest”) +‎ အုပ် (up, “to cover”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ́ʔoʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: tau:up • ALA-LC: toʼupʻ • BGN/PCGN: taw:ok • Okell: tòouʔ

Noun

တောအုပ် • (tau:up)

  1. forester, junior officer in charge of forest conservation
  2. dense forest

Further reading

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