ဝေလငါး

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Burmese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from English whale + ငါး (nga:, “fish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /wèla̰ŋá/
Romanization: MLCTS: wela.nga: • ALA-LC: velaṅāʺ • BGN/PCGN: wela.nga: • Okell: weilángà

Noun[edit]

ဝေလငါး • (wela.nga:) (classifier ကောင်)

whale
Synonym: ငါးဝန် (nga:wan)

Further reading[edit]

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

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