ဝေလငါး

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowing from English whale + ငါး (nga:, “fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wèla̰ŋá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wela.nga: • ALA-LC: velaṅāʺ • BGN/PCGN: wela.nga: • Okell: weilángà

Noun

ဝေလငါး • (wela.nga:) (classifier ကောင်)

1. whale

   Synonym: ငါးဝန် (nga:wan)

Further reading

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