မွေးစား

Burmese

Etymology

မွေး (mwe:, “to be born”) +‎ စား (ca:, “to eat”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How exactly is the compound to be interpreted? Is it that adopted children eat, rather than suckle?”)

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မွေးဇား
  • IPA(key): /mwézá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mwe:ca: • ALA-LC: mveʺcāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mwe:za: • Okell: mweìsà

Verb

မွေးစား • (mwe:ca:)

  1. to adopt

Further reading

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