မျောက်လုတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mjaʊʔloʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: myauklut • ALA-LC: myokʻlutʻ • BGN/PCGN: myauklok • Okell: myauʔlouʔ

Noun

မျောက်လုတ် • (myauklut)

  1. monkey fruit, monkey jack (Artocarpus lacucha, syn. A. lakoocha[1]); fruit edible, yields timber;[2] taste of bark similar to that of betel, therefore used as its substitute when it is hard to obtain betel.[3]

See also
  • တောင်ပိန်း (taungpin:), တောင်ပိန္နဲ (taungpinnai:), ပိန္နဲ (pinnai:)

References
  1. Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 524
  2. 熱帯植物研究会 (Nettai-shokubutsu-kenkyūkai), editor (1996), 熱帯植物要覧 (Nettai-shokubutsu-yōran) (in Japanese), 4th edition, Tōkyō: 養賢堂 (Yōkendō), →ISBN, page 31
  3. “မျောက်လုတ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 783.
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