ကြေး

Burmese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *grəj (“copper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kre: • ALA-LC: kreʺ • BGN/PCGN: kye: • Okell: ceì

Noun

ကြေး • (kre:)

1. copper; brass; bronze

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ဂျီး, ဂြေး, ကြေး
• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑí/, /d͡ʑé/, /t͡ɕé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kre: • ALA-LC: kreʺ • BGN/PCGN: gyi:/gye:/kye: • Okell: jì/ceì/ceì

Noun

ကြေး • (kre:)

1. grime, dirt

References

• Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.