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BURMESE | |
| chindit | an Allied fighter behind the Japanese lines in Burma (Myanmar) (1943–5). [Burmese chinthé, a mythological creature, the unit’s badge.] |
| da dah | a heavy Burmese knife. |
| kyat | the standard Burmese monetary unit, equal to 100 PYAS. |
| padauk padouk | a Burmese timber-tree. |
| pya | a monetary unit of Burma. |
| pyengadu pyinkado+ | the ironwood tree. |