သူငယ်

Burmese

Etymology

သူ- (su-, “agent prefix”) +‎ ငယ် (ngai, “small”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: သူ'ငယ်
• IPA^(key): /θəŋɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: su-ngai • ALA-LC: sūṅayʻ • BGN/PCGN: thăngè • Okell: thănge

Noun

သူငယ် • (su-ngai)

1. child, boy

Derived terms

• သူငယ်ချင်း (su-ngaihkyang:, “friend”)

Further reading

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