ခဝဲ

ခဝဲ

Burmese

ခဝဲ (Luffa acutangula)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ခ'ဝဲ
• IPA^(key): /kʰəwɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hka.wai: • ALA-LC: khavai • BGN/PCGN: hkăwè: • Okell: hkăwè

Noun

ခဝဲ • (hka.wai:)

1. ridge gourd, angled loofah[1] (Luffa acutangula)

   Synonyms: ဗြူးဒါး (bru:da:), ပုံလုံ (pumlum)

See also

• သပွတ် (sa.pwat)

References

1. “ခဝဲ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 267.