ချေး

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See also: ချည်

Burmese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Old Burmese ခ္လိယ်း (hkliy), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kləy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj.[1] Cognate with Tibetan ལྕི་བ (lci ba) and Chinese 屎. Compare ၶီႈ (khīi), ขี้ (kîi).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Phonetic respelling: ချီး
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkye: • ALA-LC: khyeʺ • BGN/PCGN: chi: • Okell: hcì

Noun[edit]

ချေး • (hkye:)

  1. feces, dung

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

ချေး • (hkye:)

  1. to borrow[2]
  2. to lend[2]
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “ချေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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