ငါး

See also: ငါ, ငှါး, ငူး, ငွေ, ငါ့, င, ငှား, and ငို

Burmese

Burmese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ငါး (nga:)     Ordinal : ပဉ္စမ (panyca.ma.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nga: • ALA-LC: ṅāʺ • BGN/PCGN: nga: • Okell: ngà

Etymology 1

ငါး ငါးကောင် (nga: nga:kaung, “five fish”)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognate with Nuosu ꉬ (nge), Sikkimese ང (nga), Eastern Min 五 (ngô, ngū)

Numeral

ငါး • (nga:) (digit ၅)

1. five

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate with Newar ङ (ṅa), Tibetan ཉ (nya), and Eastern Min 魚／鱼 (ngṳ̀).

Noun

ငါး • (nga:) (classifier ကောင်)

1. fish

Derived terms

• ငါးပိ (nga:pi.)
• ငါးမန်း (nga:man:)
• ဝေလငါး (wela.nga:)