မနုဿီဟ

Burmese

မနုဿီဟ

Etymology

မနုဿ (ma.nu.ssa., “human”) +‎ သီဟ (siha., “lion”), from Pali manussīha.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'နုတ်သီဟ
• IPA^(key): /mənoʊʔθìha̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma.nu.ssiha. • ALA-LC: manussīha • BGN/PCGN: mănokthiha. • Okell: mănouʔthihá

Noun

မနုဿီဟ • (ma.nu.ssiha.) (classifier ကောင်)

1. (mythology) chimeric creature with a man's torso and a lion's hindquarters, depicted in a squatting posture on forked haunches

References

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