အကောင်

See also: အကောင့်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *guŋ (“body; back”).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'ကောင်
IPA^(key): /ʔəkàʊɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: a.kaung • ALA-LC: ʼakoṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăkaung • Okell: ăkauñ

Noun

အကောင် • (a.kaung)

body; corporeal form
corpse
animal
(familiar, derogatory) familiar or derogatory term for a male

Synonyms

ကောင် (kaung)

References

“အကောင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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