သောင်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θàʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: saung • ALA-LC: soṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: thaung • Okell: thauñ

Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (soŋ "sand bank"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

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သောင် (saung)

  1. sandbank, shoal, beach
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (soŋ "stunted"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Adjective

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သောင် (saung)

  1. wizened, shriveled, shrunken, dwarfish
    လူသောင်ကလေးlusaungka.le:(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (soŋ "hardy, sturdy"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

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သောင် (saung)

  1. to be robust, be sprightly
    သောင်မာsaungma(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    သောင်သာsaungsa(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Further reading

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