ငုစပ်

Burmese

ငုစပ် (Cassia javanica subsp. renigera)

ငုစပ် (Cassia javanica subsp. renigera)

ငုစပ် (Cassia javanica subsp. agnes)

Etymology

ငု (ngu., “Indian laburnum”) +‎ စပ် (cap, “to be hot in taste; to blend”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ငုဇပ်
• IPA^(key): /ŋṵzaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ngu.cap • ALA-LC: ṅucapʻ • BGN/PCGN: ngu.zat • Okell: ngúsaʔ

Noun

ငုစပ် • (ngu.cap)

1. apple blossom tree (Cassia javanica)
2. its subspecies
   1. Cassia javanica subsp. renigera (syn. C. renigera^[1])
   2. pink cassia (Cassia javanica subsp. agnes, syn. C. nodosa^[1])

      Synonym: ငုသိမ် (ngu.sim)

References

1. Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 123

Further reading

• “ငုဇတ်, ငုရွှေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 330.