တို့စရာ

Burmese

Etymology

တို့ (tui., “to prod, dip”) +‎ စရာ (ca.ra, “verbal noun suffix”), referring to the act of prodding (dipping) pieces of salad into sauce before eating.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: တို့ဇ'ရာ
• IPA^(key): /to̰zəjà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tui.ca.ra • ALA-LC: tuiʹcarā • BGN/PCGN: to.zăya • Okell: toúsăya

Noun

တို့စရာ • (tui.ca.ra)

1. vegetables (pickled, boiled, or raw) eaten with ငါးပိရည် (nga:pi.rany, “ngapi sauce”); salad

Further reading

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