ဥစ္စာစောင့်
Burmese
Etymology
ဥစ္စာ (ucca, “property”) + စောင့် (caung., “to keep guard”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အုတ်စာဇောင့်
- IPA(key): /ʔoʊʔsàza̰ʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: uccacaung. • ALA-LC: uccācoṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: oksazaung. • Okell: ouʔsasaúñ
Noun
ဥစ္စာစောင့် • (uccacaung.)
- the custodian or guardian spirit of a treasure trove, a possessive spirit attached to objects and materials
Further reading
- “ဥစ္စာစောင့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.