သင်္ဘော

Burmese
သင်္ဘော

Alternative forms
  • သင်းဘော (sang:bhau:)

Etymology

Possibly an Indo-Aryan loanword. Compare Thai สำเภา (sǎm-pao), Lao ສຳເພົາ (sam phao) or ສະເພົາ (sa phao), Khmer សំពៅ (sɑmpɨw), Sanskrit पोत (pota, “ship”) and सपोत (sapota, “having a ship”).

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: သင်းဘော
  • IPA(key): /θɪ́ɴbɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sangbhau: • ALA-LC: saṅ‘bho • BGN/PCGN: thin:baw: • Okell: thìñbò

Noun

သင်္ဘော • (sangbhau:)

  1. ship; vessel
  2. papaya; pawpaw

Further reading
  • “သင်္ဘော” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 981.
  • “သင်္ဘော” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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