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Burmese
Etymology
အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + ဒေါ် (dau, “honorific prefix for women”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'ဒေါ်
- IPA(key): /ʔədɔ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.dau • ALA-LC: ʼadoʻ • BGN/PCGN: ădaw • Okell: ădo
Noun
အဒေါ် • (a.dau)
- aunt (specifically, younger sister of one's mother)
- (regional, Danu) Synonym of မိထွေး (mi.htwe:, “stepmother”)[1]
References
- ^ ခင်စန္ဒာတိုး (2018) “နောင်ချိုဒေသရှိ ဓနုဒေသိယစကားမှ နေ့စဉ်သုံးစကားများလေ့လာချက်”, in Journal of the Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (in Burmese), volume XVI, number 6B, archived from the original on 11 November 2022
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