ဗန်းစကား

Burmese

Etymology

ဗန်း (ban:, “tray”) +‎ စကား (ca.ka:, “language, spoken words”), literally “tray speech”, perhaps referring to the colloquial speech of people eating from trays at a cafeteria during a meal break.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဗန်းဇ'ဂါး
  • IPA(key): /báɴzəɡá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ban:ca.ka: • ALA-LC: banʻʺcakāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ban:zăga: • Okell: bàñsăkà

Noun

ဗန်းစကား • (ban:ca.ka:)

  1. slang, jargon

Further reading

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