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 xuwX|xuwH, “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.

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