ထောင်မှူး
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Burmese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ထောင် (htaung, “jail”) + မှူး (hmu:, “deputy”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /tʰàʊɴm̥ú/
- Romanization: MLCTS: htaunghmu: • ALA-LC: thoṅʻmhūʺ • BGN/PCGN: htaunghmu: • Okell: htauñhmù
Noun[edit]
ထောင်မှူး • (htaunghmu:)
- jailer
- (historical) A commander of a thousand troops garrisoned at each of the four cardinal points of the royal palace.
References[edit]
- “ထောင်မှူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.