မိထွေး

Burmese

Etymology

မိ (mi.) +‎ -ထွေး (-htwe:)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မိဒွေး
• IPA^(key): /mḭdwé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mi.htwe: • ALA-LC: mithveʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi.dwe: • Okell: míhtweì

Noun

မိထွေး • (mi.htwe:)

1. stepmother
2. aunt; younger sister of one's mother

References

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