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Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ́ma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhau:ma. • ALA-LC: bhoma • BGN/PCGN: baw:ma. • Okell: bòmá
Etymology 1
ဘော (bhau:, “ball, testicle”) + မ (ma., “to lift”). Calque of Hokkien 扶𡳞脬 (“to brownnose”, literally “to lift the scrotum”), which is also borrowed as ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:).
Noun
ဘောမ • (bhau:ma.)
- (slang) kiss-up; suck-up; brown noser
Verb
ဘောမ • (bhau:ma.)
- (slang) to kiss up, brownnose, to curry favor from others
Synonyms
Etymology 2
ဘော (bhau:, “male ancestor seven generations back”) + -မ (-ma., “female”).
Noun
ဘောမ • (bhau:ma.)
- female ancestor seven generations back