ကြီး

See also: ကြိုး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b-gryas (“old”). Compare Chinese 耆 (“old”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ကြီး, ဂြီး
• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕí/, /d͡ʑí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kri: • ALA-LC: krīʺ • BGN/PCGN: kyi:/gyi: • Okell: cì/cì
• Homophone: ကျီး (kyi:)

Adjective

ကြီး • (kri:)

1. big; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree).
2. older; elder (in family).
3. hallowed; sacred; holy.
4. great; powerful; mighty.

Derived terms

• ကြီးမား (kri:ma:)
• ဈေးကြီး (jhe:kri:)