နေ့လယ်စာ

Burmese

Etymology

နေ့လယ် (ne.lai, “midday”) +‎ စာ (ca, “meal”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: နေ့လယ်ဇာ
• IPA^(key): /nḛlɛ̀zà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ne.laica • ALA-LC: neʹlayʻcā • BGN/PCGN: ne.lèza • Okell: neílesa

Noun

နေ့လယ်စာ • (ne.laica)

1. lunch

Coordinate terms

• နံနက်စာ (namnakca), မနက်စာ (ma.nakca, “breakfast”)
• ညစာ (nya.ca), ညနေစာ (nya.neca, “dinner”)

Further reading

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