Myanmar English Dictionary

Vowel 'Au'

တောဖိတ်နေ့ | tau3 bate nay1 - two days before ဥပုသ်နေ့ | u1-boat nay1 - Uposatha day, Sabbath day in Buddhism when nuns go for rounds of collecting alms (ˈä(l)mz 🔊). The more common practice in Yangon is observed on အဖိတ်နေ့ | a-pfate nay1, a day before Uposatha day.
တောဘဲ | tau3 beare3 - wild ducks (waɪld dək 🔊) that are not domesticated; White-winged duck (Asarcornis scutulata or Cairina scutulata) in Myanmar and other parts of အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ | a-shay1 toun2 ah2-sha1 - Southeast Asia (ˈsaʊθˌist ˌeɪʒə 🔊); mallard (ˈma-lərd 🔊); sheldrake (ˈshel-ˌdrāk 🔊) Old World gooselike duck; shelduck ( ˈshel-ˌdək 🔊); merganser (mərˈgænsər 🔊).
တောမီး | tau3 mi3 - forest fire (ˈfɔːr.ɪst ˌfaɪr 🔊).
တောမြို့ | tau3 myo1 - rural town (ˈru̇r(-ə)l 🔊).
တောမှား | tau3 hma3 - be attacked by a tiger in the forest.
တောမှောက် | tau3 hmout - shoot someone by mistaking him to be a game animal during a hunting trip. [Read more about a famous hunting accident.]
တောရကျောင်း | tau3-ya1 joun3 - cloister; a Buddhist monastery in a countryside (ˈmɑː.nə.ster.i 🔊) away from villages and towns.