How to Say “Monkey” in Burmese

မျောက်
myauk/mjaʊʔ/
The Burmese word for monkey is မျောက် (myauk).
The word refers to the primate. It is used as a noun to identify the animal.
Meaning: primate (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is myauk. The IPA is /mjaʊʔ/.

Did you know?

  • In Burmese culture, monkeys are often associated with the legend of the monkey king and figures from the Ramayana, where they are seen as loyal yet mischievous allies.
  • The Burmese word မျောက် shares a common ancestor with the word for 'monkey' in Lahu and certain dialects of Chinese.
  • The word မျောက် is used in various Burmese idioms to describe someone who is restless or incapable of staying still.

Examples in context

  • မျောက်က သစ်ပင်ပေါ်မှာ ရှိတယ်။
    myaout ka thit pin paw mhar shi tal.
    The monkey is on the tree.
  • ဒီမျောက်က ငှက်ပျောသီး အရမ်းကြိုက်တယ်။
    di myaout ka hngat pyaw thee a yan kyait tal.
    This monkey really loves bananas.
  • တောထဲမှာ မျောက်တွေ အများကြီးရှိတယ်။
    taw htal mhar myaout tway a myar gyi shi tal.
    There are many monkeys in the forest.

Example conversation

Myat Noe and Kyaw Kyaw are at the zoo.

  1. မြတ်နိုး Myat Noe

    ကျော်ကျော်၊ ဟိုမှာ မျောက်တွေကို ကြည့်ပါ။
    Kyaw Kyaw, ho mhar myauk tway ko kyi bar.
    Kyaw Kyaw, look at the monkeys over there.
  2. ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyaw

    မျောက်တွေက အရမ်းချစ်ဖို့ကောင်းတာပဲ။
    myauk tway ka ayan chit pho kaung tar pal.
    The monkeys are so cute.
  3. မြတ်နိုး Myat Noe

    ဟုတ်တယ်၊ သူတို့က အရမ်းသွက်တယ်။
    hote tal, thu toh ka ayan swet tal.
    Yes, they are very active.
  4. ကျော်ကျော် Kyaw Kyaw

    ကျွန်တော် မျောက်တွေကို ကြိုက်တယ်။
    kyun taw myauk tway ko kyite tal.
    I like monkeys.

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