MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Plant Names - BURMESE INDEX - Romanisation order

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Notes

 

 

A

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

B

Ba wa -> Pseudostachyum polymorphum Munro

Ba wa -> Phyllostachys mannii Gamble

 

C

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

D

no reliable name recorded so far.

E

-> Cephalostachyum pergracile Munro

F

no reliable name recorded so far.

G

Gyin -> Zingiber officinale Rosc.

H

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

J

no reliable name recorded so far.

K

xxxxx -> Trichosanthes cucumerina L.

Kalabèh -> Cicer arietinum L.

Kamyin wa -> Dendrochloa distans C. E. Parkinson

Ka yin wa -> Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz

 

L

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

M

Moun la ú wa -> daucus xxxx

-> Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees

Myin byu -> Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro

Myin byu -> Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees

Myin wa -> Dendrocalamus longifimbriatus Gamble

Myin wa -> Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees

Myin wa gyi -> Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro

Myin wa xxx byu -> Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro

 

N

Na naq thì -> Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.

Nan nan bin -> Coriandrum sativum L.

Ne wa -> Bambusa burmanica Gamble

 

 

P

no reliable name recorded so far.

Q

no reliable name recorded so far.

R

no reliable name recorded so far.

S

Sinthana -> Bambusa sinthana Brandis ex Camus

Sinthana wa -> Bambusa sinthana Brandis ex Camus

-> Dinochloa macclellandii (Munro) Kurz

 

T

Tabin daing wa -> Bambusa villosula Kurz

Tabin daing wa -> Melocanna arundina C. E. Parkinson

Tabin daing wa -> Melocanna baccifera (Roxb.) Kurz

Tamyin wa -> Dendrochloa distans C. E. Parkinson

-> Curcuma aromatica Salisb.

Thalaw wa -> Bambusa thalaw-wa Brandis ex Camus

Thana wa -> Thyrsostachys oliveri Gamble

Thayeq dhì -> Mangifera indica L.

Tiyo wa -> Thyrsostachys siamensis Gamble

 

U

no reliable name recorded so far.

 

W

Wa byu gyi -> Pseudoxytenanthera albociliata (Munro) Nguyen

Wa byu san -> Bambusa oliveriana Gamble

Wa bo -> Dendrocalamus brandisii (Munro) Kurz

Wa bo -> Dendrocalamus giganteus Munro

Wa bo -> Dendrocalamus calostachyus (Kurz) Kurz

Wa bo -> Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro

Wa bo -> Dendrocalamus wabo Brandis ex Camus

 

 

 

Main reference(s) used in the compilation of this index :

Bradley David 1998, Burmese Botanical Database, Department of Linguistics, LaTrobe University. (Unpublished).

E.B.S. Netherland, 2001, European Bamboo Society, Nederlands Branch < http://www.bamboepagina.nl/bamboelie/index/rapport.htm#BM1630 > & < http://www.bamboepagina.nl/bamboelie/index/pgindex.htm >.

Ohrnberger D. (Dieter), 1999, The Bamboos of the World, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdan, The Netherlands.

 

 

 

Main contributor(s) to this index (Personal communication) :

David Bradley

 

 

 

Note(s)

xxxxx this index is in construction.

The above list includes words in the three main languages spoken in Burma / Myanmar : Burmese, Karen and Shan and a "dialect" from the State of Kachin, north of Burma. The Karen and Shan words are displayed here in the Burmese script . They may also be found in the Thai index written with the Thai script.

 

 

 

 

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