မိုးသောက်ယံ

Burmese

Etymology

မိုး (mui:, “sky”) +‎ သောက် (sauk, “to drink”) +‎ ယံ (yam, “watch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /móθaʊʔjàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mui:sauk-yam • ALA-LC: muiʺsokʻyaṃ • BGN/PCGN: mo:thauk-yan • Okell: moùthauʔyañ

Noun

မိုးသောက်ယံ • (mui:sauk-yam)

1. (literary, figurative) late hours of the night

References

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