ponghee

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From the native name.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒŋˈɡiː/

Noun

ponghee (plural ponghees)

1. A Buddhist priest of the higher orders in Burma.
   • 1839, Howard Malcom, Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam and China […] :

     The death of a Ponghee or president of a kyoung is regarded as a great event , and the funeral is conducted with pomp and ceremony . The body , being emboweled , and its juices pressed out , is filled with honey

References

• “ponghee”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.