Myanmar English Dictionary

Single Tone 'Ike'

ဝိုက် | wite; wite

(1) movement that does not follow a straight path but curved, such as when throwing a curve ball (kərv bɔl 🔊) in baseball or freekick curve (ˌfriː ˈkɪk 🔊) in soccer by some professionals. [Watch this video.]

ညာဝိုက်လက်သီး | nya2-wite let-thi3 - right hook (hʊk 🔊) in boxing.

ဘယ်ဝိုက်လက်သီး | beare2-wite let-thi3 - left hook (hʊk 🔊) in boxing.

သွယ်ဝိုက်စွာ (ပြော) | thweare2-wite-zwa2 pyau3 - tactfully; tacitly; indirectly; implicitly (speak).

(2) make a detour (ˌdiˈtʊər 🔊).

(3) surround; encircle.

(4) three of a kind in a gambling game, such as three aces (eɪs 🔊) in ကိုးမီး | ko3 mi3 - baccarat (ˌbä-kə-ˈrä 🔊), a type of card game.
ဝိုက်ကွင်း | wite-gwin3 - parentheses (plural of parenthesis); round brackets.
ဝိုက်ချ | wite-cha1 - tone change symbol which is placed to the right of the character, also known as yay3-cha1 that produces words such as ကာ၊ စာ၊ ဆာ၊ ညာ၊ တာ.
ဝိုက်ပတ်ပြော | wite-pup pyau3 - skirt around; avoid answering the question directly.
ဝိုက်ပတ်သွား | wite-pup thwa3 - skirt round; skirt around; make a detour (ˌdiˈtʊər 🔊); go around to avoid something.