ဝမ်းဘဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ဝံပယ် (wam pai), from an element ဝံ (wam) apparently found in animal terms like ဝံပုလွေ (wampu.lwe) and ဝံပိုင့် (wampuing.) + ဘဲ (bhai:, “duck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wʊ́ɴbɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wam:bhai: • ALA-LC: vamʻʺbhai • BGN/PCGN: wun:bè: • Okell: wùñbè

Noun

ဝမ်းဘဲ • (wam:bhai:)

  1. duck

Derived terms

  • ဌဝမ်းဘဲ (hta.wam:bhai:)
  • ရေဝမ်းဘဲ (rewam:bhai:)
  • ဝမ်းဘဲတောင် (wam:bhai:taung)
  • ဝမ်းဘဲဥအိုး (wam:bhai:u.ui:)

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