belly
/ˈbɛli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbɛli/
belly
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- Final y vowel sound
bel - ly -> belly
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ (က) ဗိုက်။ ဗိုက်သား။ See also ABDOMEN ၁ (ခ) ဗိုက်။ ဝမ်းခေါင်း။ He went to bed with an empty belly (ie hungry).
၂။ (esp rhet ) (သင်္ဘော စသည်) ဝမ်း။ in the belly of a ship. ❍ MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
❏ -bellied /-belid/ (forming compound adjs ) …သဏ္ဌာန်ဝမ်းရှိသော။ pot-bellied. v (pt, pp bellied )
❏ belly-button n (infml ) ချက်။
❏ belly-dance n (အရှေ့အလယ်ပိုင်းနိုင်ငံ) ဗိုက်သား လှုပ်အက။
❏ belly-dancer n ဗိုက်သားလှုပ်ကချေသည်။
❏ belly-laugh n (infml ) အားရပါးရရယ်သံ။
❏ belly out [PHRV ] ဖောင်းလာသည်။ ပူလာသည်။ The sails bellied out.
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stomach, abdomen, tummy, abdominal, bagger, balloon, bay window, be inflated, become bloated, become distended, become swollen, beer belly, beetle, beetling, billow, blistered, bloat, bloater, breadbasket, bug out, bugged out, bulge, corporation, duodenal, ebb and flow, front porch, grow larger, gut, insides, intestines, middle, oversize, oversized, paunch, pelvis, pop out, pot, pot belly, pouched, protuberate, puff out, puff up, puffed out, puffed up, puffing up, rise and fall, rise up, round out, solar plexus, spare tire, stomachic, swell, tank, tumefied, tumefy, venter, ventral, well up
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