ကြေး

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Burmese

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Burmese ကြိယ်း, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *grəj (copper). Cognate with Tibetan གྲི (gri, knife) (STEDT). Luce's comparison with Old Chinese (OC *ʔslenʔ, *zlen, “coin (copper)”) seems untenable phonetically.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ကြေး (kre:)

  1. copper, brass, bronze
  2. money
  3. price
  4. fees
  5. general term for brass or bronze percussion instruments
  6. wager, bet, stake
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *krəj (dirt, filth); cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (khə grəwi, idem) (STEDT). Said Tibeto-Burman root appears to be related to, though not allofamic, with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj (body dirt, excrement) (whence Old Chinese (OC *hliʔ, *hri, “excrement”)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ကြေး (kre:)

  1. grime, dirt
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (11. Copper; Bronze, Brass)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 10

Further reading

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  • ကြေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.