ထောင်မှူး

Burmese

Etymology

ထောင် (htaung, “jail”) +‎ မှူး (hmu:, “deputy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰàʊɴm̥ú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htaunghmu: • ALA-LC: thoṅʻmhūʺ • BGN/PCGN: htaunghmu: • Okell: htauñhmù

Noun

ထောင်မှူး • (htaunghmu:)

1. jailer
2. (historical) A commander of a thousand troops garrisoned at each of the four cardinal points of the royal palace.

References

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