ဥပုသ်စောင့်
Burmese
Etymology
ဥပုသ် (u.pus, “sabbath”) + စောင့် (caung., “to wait, observe”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဥဗုတ်စောင့်
- IPA(key): /ʔṵboʊʔsa̰ʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: u.puscaung. • ALA-LC: upusʻcoṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: u.boksaung. • Okell: úbouʔsaúñ
Verb
ဥပုသ်စောင့် • (u.puscaung.)
- to observe the Eight Buddhist Precepts
Further reading
- “ဥပုသ်စောင့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.