ဝေလငါး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowing from English whale + ငါး (nga:, “fish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wèla̰ŋá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: wela.nga: • ALA-LC: velaṅāʺ • BGN/PCGN: wela.nga: • Okell: weilángà

Noun

ဝေလငါး • (wela.nga:) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. whale
    Synonym: ငါးဝန် (nga:wan)

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