ဟောင်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hàʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: haung • ALA-LC: hoṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: haung • Okell: hauñ
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *haw(ŋ/k) (“to bark”). Compare Middle Chinese 吼 (MC həuX, həuH, “to roar; to shout”).
Verb
ဟောင် • (haung)
- to roar; to bark
Verb
ဟောင် • (haung)
- to be rancid; to give off a bad odour; to stink
References
- “ဟောင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.