ချေး

See also: ချည်

Burmese

Etymology

From Old Burmese ခ္လိယ်း (hkliy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕི་བ (lci ba).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ချေး • (hkye:)

1. feces, dung

References

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