တောသား

Burmese

Etymology

တော (tau:, “forest”) +‎ -သား (-sa:, “resident of”)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: တော+သား
IPA^(key): /tɔ́ðá/
Romanization: MLCTS: tau:sa: • ALA-LC: tosāʺ • BGN/PCGN: taw:dha: • Okell: tòthà

Noun

တောသား • (tau:sa:) (classifier ဦး or ယောက်)

person from the countryside
(derogatory, slang) yokel; country bumpkin, uncivilized person
wild animal; tiger

Further reading

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

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