တံငါ

MED derives the word from တံ (tam, “liquid”) +‎ ငါ (nga, “I, me”), apparently as "the one in the water", though this seems semantically tenuous. It appears more likely that the first component invokes the "rod" sense, and the second component is a variant of ငါး (nga:, “fish”).

• Phonetic respelling: တံ'ငါ
• IPA^(key): /təŋà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tamnga • ALA-LC: taṃṅā • BGN/PCGN: tănga • Okell: tănga

တံငါ • (tamnga)

1. fisherman

   တံငါနားနီး တံငါ၊ မုဆိုးနားနီး မုဆိုး

   tamngana:ni: tamnga| mu.hcui:na:ni: mu.hcui:

   Near a fisherman is one a fisherman; near a hunter a hunter.

• → Shan: တမ်ႇငႃႈ (tàm ngāa)

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