ရွက်စုံဖွင့်

Burmese

Etymology

ရွက် (rwak, “leaf, sail”) +‎ စုံ (cum, “to be complete”) +‎ ဖွင့် (hpwang., “to open, turn on”), literally “to open all sails”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jwɛʔsòʊɴpʰwɪ̰ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rwakcumhpwang. • ALA-LC: rvakʻcuṃphvaṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: ywetsonhpwin. • Okell: yweʔsouñhpwíñ

Verb

ရွက်စုံဖွင့် • (rwakcumhpwang.)

  1. (figuratively) to use all possible means, go full sail ahead

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