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ငှက် | hnget

(1) bird (ˈbərd 🔊); wading bird (🔊); flying bird (flaɪɪŋ bərd 🔊); flightless bird (ˌflaɪtlɪs bərd 🔊); water bird (🔊); bird of prey (bərd əv preɪ 🔊); nocturnal bird (nɑkˈtʌrnl 🔊); songbird (ˌsɔŋˈbʌrd 🔊).

(2) a traditional သမ္ဗန် | thun2-bun2 - sampan (ˈsam-ˌpan 🔊) with upswept bow (ˈbau̇ 🔊) and stern, also called ငှက်လှေ | hnget hlay2. [Watch this video.]

(3) malaria (məˈler.i.ə 🔊), disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes (mə-ˈskē-(ˌ)tō 🔊), more commonly ငှက်ဖျား | hnget-pfya3.
ငှက်ကုလား | hnget ka1-la3 - black-necked stork (ˈstȯrk 🔊); Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus, previously classified as Xenorhynchus asiaticus, a tall wading bird with a long neck and long legs found in အိန္ဒိယတိုက်ငယ် | ain2-de1-ya1 tite-ngeare2 - Indian subcontinent (ˈsʌbˌkɑnt(ə)nənt 🔊), အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ | a-shay1 toun2 ah2-sha1 - Southeast Asia (ˈsaʊθˌist ˌeɪʒə 🔊) and ဩစတြေးလျ | au2-sa1-tray3-lya1 - Australia (ɑːˈstreɪl.jə 🔊). [Also တုံးကုလား | tone3 ka1-la3.] [Read more about it.]
ငှက်ကုလားအုတ် | hnget ka1-la1-oat - ostrich (ˈɑː.strɪtʃ 🔊), a huge flightless bird. [Watch this video.]
ငှက်ကျား | hnget kja3 - (1) painted stork; Ibis leucocephalus, a wading bird in the stork family. (2) pied bushchat; Saxicola caprata, a small passerine bird (ˈpa-sə-ˌrīn 🔊). (3) Oriental magpie; Pica pica, a မျိုးစိတ် | myo3-zate - species (ˈspē-(ˌ)shēz 🔊) of magpie (ˈmag-ˌpī 🔊).
ငှက်ကြီးတောင် | hnget-ji3-toun2
ငှက်ကြီးတောင်ဓား | hnget-ji3-toun2 da3 - a type of Myanmar long sword (sɔːrd 🔊) used in the war during the old days. [Watch this video.]
ငှက်ကြီးတုံးစပ် | hnget-ji3 dome3 zut - Greater adjutant (ˈæʤətənt 🔊); Leptoptilos dubius, a species of large Indian stork standing at 4 feet 9 inch to 4 feet 11 inch. [Also တုံးစပ် | dome3-zut; သင်တိုင်းဝတ် | thin2-dine3-woot.]
ငှက်ကြီးဝန်ပို | hnget-ji3 woon2-bo2 - pelican (ˈpel.ə.kən 🔊), a large water bird with a long beak and a large throat pouch. [Also ဝန်ပို | woon2-bo2.] [Watch this video.]