Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palaung

/pəˈlaʊŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: palaung
IPA: /pəˈlaʊŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.

name

The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Palaung people.

Etymology

From Burmese ပလောင် (pa.laung).

Word Breakdown

Root: ပလောင်

Inflected Forms

Palaungs (plural)

Derived Forms

Palaungic

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Shwe Palaung terms pll ⁠ pce ⁠ rbb ⁠

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Shwe Palaung terms pll ⁠ pce ⁠ rbb ⁠

Synonyms

Ta'ang

Questions

How do you pronounce palaung?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈlaʊŋ/.
What does palaung mean?: A member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.
Where does palaung come from?: From Burmese ပလောင် (pa.laung).

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