တောလား

Burmese

Etymology

တော (tau:, “forest”) +‎ လား (la:, “to reach, go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ́lá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: tau:la: • ALA-LC: tolāʺ • BGN/PCGN: taw:la: • Okell: tòlà

Noun

တောလား • (tau:la:)

1. a form of lyric poem in Myanmar describing a journey through a forest

Further reading

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