မိုးကျရွှေကိုယ်
Burmese
Etymology
မိုး (mui:, “sky”) + ကျ (kya., “to fall”) + ရွှေ (hrwe, “golden”) + ကိုယ် (kuiy, “body, self”), literally “golden body which fell from the sky”.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မိုးဂျရွှေဂိုယ်
- IPA(key): /mód͡ʑa̰ʃwèɡòj/
- Romanization: MLCTS: mui:kya.hrwekuiy • ALA-LC: muiʺkyarvhekuiyʻ • BGN/PCGN: mo:gya.shwegoy • Okell: moùcáhyweikouy
Noun
မိုးကျရွှေကိုယ် • (mui:kya.hrwekuiy)
- nonpareil
- (figuratively) person appointed from out of the blue
Further reading
- “မိုးကျရွှေကိုယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.