ဘယ်နှစ်
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Burmese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ဘယ်နှ (bhaihna.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Phonetic respellings: ဗယ်နှ', ဗယ်နှ
- IPA(key): /bɛ̀n̥ə/, /bɛ̀n̥a̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhaihnac • ALA-LC: bhayʻnhacʻ • BGN/PCGN: bèhnă/bèhna. • Okell: behnă/behná
Usage notes[edit]
The reduced form /bɛ̀n̥ə/ occurs immediately before another word; the full form /bɛ̀n̥a̰/ in isolation.
Determiner[edit]
ဘယ်နှစ် • (bhaihnac)
- how much, how many
- အုန်းသီး ဘယ်နှစ်လုံး ယူမလဲ။
- un:si: bhaihnaclum: yuma.lai:||
- How many coconuts are you going to take?
Usage notes[edit]
Takes the same syntactic position as a numeral, namely after the noun and before the numeral classifier.
Synonyms[edit]
- ဘယ်လောက် (bhailauk)
References[edit]
- “ဘယ်နှစ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.