ဟောင်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hàʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: haung • ALA-LC: hoṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: haung • Okell: hauñ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *haw(ŋ/k) (“to bark”). Compare Middle Chinese 吼 (MC xuwX|xuwH, “to roar; to shout”).

Verb

ဟောင် • (haung)

1. to roar; to bark

Etymology 2

Verb

ဟောင် • (haung)

1. to be rancid; to give off a bad odour; to stink

References

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