ဘီလူးစီး
Burmese
Etymology
ဘီလူး (bhilu:, “ogre”) + စီး (ci:, “to ride, possess”), literally “to be possessed (rode) by an ogre (demon).”.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဘီ'လူးစီး
- IPA(key): /bəlúsí/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhilu:ci: • ALA-LC: bhīlūʺcīʺ • BGN/PCGN: bălu:si: • Okell: bălùsì
Verb
ဘီလူးစီး • (bhilu:ci:)
- to have a nightmare
- to have sleep paralysis
Further reading
- “ဘီလူးစီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.