ponghee
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)From the native name.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɒŋˈɡiː/
Noun
ponghee (plural ponghees)
- A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burma.
- 1839, Howard Malcom, Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam and China […]
- The death of a Ponghee or president of a kyoung is regarded as a great event , and the funeral is conducted with pomp and ceremony . The body , being emboweled , and its juices pressed out , is filled with honey
- 1839, Howard Malcom, Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam and China […]
References
- ponghee in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913