ဘောမ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́ma̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhau:ma. • ALA-LC: bhoma • BGN/PCGN: baw:ma. • Okell: bòmá

Etymology 1

ဘော (bhau:, “ball, testicle”) +‎ မ (ma., “to lift”). Calque of Hokkien 扶𡳞脬 (“to brownnose”, literally “to lift the scrotum”), which is also borrowed as ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:).

Noun

ဘောမ • (bhau:ma.)

1. (slang) kiss-up; suck-up; brown noser

Verb

ဘောမ • (bhau:ma.)

1. (slang) to kiss up, brownnose, to curry favor from others

Synonyms

• ဖား (hpa:)
• ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:)

Etymology 2

ဘော (bhau:, “male ancestor seven generations back”) +‎ -မ (-ma., “female”).

Noun

ဘောမ • (bhau:ma.)

1. female ancestor seven generations back