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ကြီး

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See also: ကြိုး

Burmese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b-gryas (old). Compare Old Chinese (OC *ɡri, “old”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Verb

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ကြီး (kri:)

  1. to rise, increase

Particle

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ကြီး (kri:)

  1. particle suffixed to words as an emphasis
  2. particle suffixed to some replicated verbs or adjectives to form adverbs

Further reading

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