သူကောင်တင်

Burmese

Etymology

သူကောင် (sukaung, “corpse”) +‎ တင် (tang, “to carry”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သူဂေါင်ဒင်
• IPA^(key): /θùɡàʊɴdɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sukaungtang • ALA-LC: sūkoṅʻtaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: thugaungdin • Okell: thukauñtiñ

Noun

သူကောင်တင် • (sukaungtang)

1. bier
2. limb of a tree which after being cut, does not fall to the ground but remains suspended in the foliage

References

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