Dictionary entry

Ancestry

Pronunciation: /ˈansɛstri/

Pronunciation

/ˈansɛstri/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မျိုးရိုး။

Definition

ancestor /'ænsestǝ(r)/ n ၁။ (က) ဘိုးေဘးဘီဘင္။ His ancestors had come to England as refugees. (ခ) ဘိုးေအ။ The mammoth was the ancestor of modern-day elephants. ၂။ ေရွ႕ေျပး။ The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny farthing. Compare FORERUNNER ❏ ancestral /æn'sestrǝl/ adj ဘိုးဘပိုင္။ her ancestral home ❍ ancestral species. ❏ ancestry /'ænsestri/ n (usu sing ) မ်ဳိး႐ိုး။ have a distinguished ancestry ❍ She was proud of her Scottish ancestry.

Examples

  1. Her ancestors went to America with the Pilgrims.
  2. A game that many see as the ancestor of basketball
  3. Their ancestral home