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)

  1. nonpareil
  2. (figuratively) person appointed from out of the blue

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