မူလီ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mùlì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: muli • ALA-LC: mūlī • BGN/PCGN: muli • Okell: muli

Etymology 1

According to MED, borrowed from Hindi मूली (mūlī, “mooli, daikon (radish)”), apparently named because bolts resemble radishes.

Noun

မူလီ • (muli)

1. bolt (metal fastener, as in nuts and bolts)

Derived terms

• မူလီခေါင်း (mulihkaung:)
• မူလီစုပ် (mulicup)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मूली (mūlī, “radish, firmly fixed root”).

Noun

မူလီ • (muli)

1. anything secondary or subsidiary

Further reading

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