တောသား
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]တော (tau:, “forest”) + -သား (-sa:, “resident of”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: တော+သား
- IPA(key): /tɔ́ðá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: tau:sa: • ALA-LC: tosāʺ • BGN/PCGN: taw:dha: • Okell: tòthà
Noun
[edit]တောသား • (tau:sa:) (classifier ဦး or ယောက်)
- person from the countryside
- (derogatory, slang) yokel; country bumpkin, uncivilized person
- wild animal; tiger
Further reading
[edit]- “တောသား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.