မီးသုံးပါး

Burmese

Etymology

မီး (mi:, “fires”) +‎ သုံး (sum:, “three”) +‎ ပါး (pa:)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မီးသုံးဗား
• IPA^(key): /míθóʊɴbá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mi:sum:pa: • ALA-LC: mīʺsuṃʺpāʺ • BGN/PCGN: mi:thon:ba: • Okell: mìthoùñpà

Noun

မီးသုံးပါး • (mi:sum:pa:)

1. (Buddhism) three fires (also known as the three poisons), i.e., greed, anger, and ignorance

Hyponyms

• ဒေါသ (dau:sa.)
• မောဟ (mau:ha.)
• လောဘ (lau:bha.)

 

References

• “မီးသုံးပါး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.