မီးပွား
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
မီး (mi:, “fire”) + ပွား (pwa:, “to grow”)
Pronunciation edit
- Phonetic respelling: မီးဗွား
- IPA(key): /míbwá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: mi:pwa: • ALA-LC: mīʺpvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi:bwa: • Okell: mìpwà
Noun edit
မီးပွား • (mi:pwa:)
- spark (particle of glowing matter)
- (figurative) spark (something small that has the potential to become something greater)
Further reading edit
- “မီးပွား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 758.
- “မီးပွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.