မီးပွား

Burmese

FWOTD – 28 September 2017

Etymology

မီး (mi:, “fire”) +‎ ပွား (pwa:, “to grow”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မီးဗွား
• IPA^(key): /míbwá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mi:pwa: • ALA-LC: mīʺpvāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi:bwa: • Okell: mìpwà

Noun

မီးပွား • (mi:pwa:)

1. spark (particle of glowing matter)
2. (figurative) spark (something small that has the potential to become something greater)

Further reading

• “မီးပွား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 758.
• “မီးပွား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.