စမူဆာ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi समोसा (samosā).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: စ'မူဇာ
• IPA^(key): /səmùzà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ca.muhca • ALA-LC: camūchā • BGN/PCGN: sămuza • Okell: sămuhsa

Noun

စမူဆာ • (ca.muhca)

1. samosa
2. (vulgar, slang) female genitalia

Derived terms

• စမူဆာသုပ် (ca.muhcasup)

 

References

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