မသင်္ကာ

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from မ (ma., “not”) +‎ သင်္ကာ (sangka, “doubt, suspicion”), though the attribution of the first syllable to the "not" sense is semantically suspect.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ'သင်ဂါ
  • IPA(key): /məθɪ̀ɴɡà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma.sangka • ALA-LC: masaṅʻkā • BGN/PCGN: măthin-ga • Okell: măthiñka

Verb

မသင်္ကာ • (ma.sangka)

  1. to be suspicious, suspect

Further reading

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