သူယောင်မယ်

Burmese

Etymology

သူယောင် (suyaung) +‎ မယ် (mai)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သူယောင်မယ်
• IPA^(key): /θùjàʊɴmɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: suyaungmai • ALA-LC: sūyoṅʻmayʻ • BGN/PCGN: thuyaungmè • Okell: thuyauñme

Noun

သူယောင်မယ် • (suyaungmai)

1. (mythology) flower of the သူယောင် (suyaung) plant transformed into a beautiful maid through supernatural means
2. nymph
3. woman of seductive, nymph-like beauty

References

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