နွေးနွေးထွေးထွေး

Burmese

Etymology

Reduplication of နွေး (nwe:, “warm”) + reduplication of ထွေး (htwe:, “to wrap, swaddle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nwénwétʰwétʰwé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nwe:nwe:htwe:htwe: • ALA-LC: nveʺnveʺthveʺthveʺ • BGN/PCGN: nwe:nwe:htwe:htwe: • Okell: nweìnweìhtweìhtweì

Adverb

နွေးနွေးထွေးထွေး • (nwe:nwe:htwe:htwe:)

  1. snugly, warmly, affectionately
    နွေးနွေးထွေးထွေးဆက်ဆံတယ် ― nwe:nwe:htwe:htwe:hcakhcamtai ― to treat warmly

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