သူယောင်မယ်

Burmese

Etymology

သူယောင် (suyaung) +‎ မယ် (mai)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: သူယောင်မယ်

IPA^(key): /θùjàʊɴmɛ̀/

Romanization: MLCTS: suyaungmai • ALA-LC: sūyoṅʻmayʻ • BGN/PCGN: thuyaungmè • Okell: thuyauñme

Noun

သူယောင်မယ် • (suyaungmai)

(mythology) flower of the သူယောင် (suyaung) plant transformed into a beautiful maid through supernatural means
nymph
woman of seductive, nymph-like beauty

References

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

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