ယခု

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (jɑ¹ khu¹ "present, the (time)"), and Luce 1981 adduces no cognates.[1] Taken as an atomic unit by MED. See also ခု (hku.).”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ယ'ခု
  • IPA(key): /jəkʰṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ya.hku. • ALA-LC: yakhu • BGN/PCGN: yăhku. • Okell: yăhkú

Noun

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ယခု • (ya.hku.)

  1. the present[2]
    ယခုလက်ရှိ ― ya.hku.lakhri. ― current[2]
    ယခုအခါ ― ya.hku.a.hka ― the present[2]
    ယခုအခါတွင် ― ya.hku.a.hka-twang ― nowadays, today[2]
    ယခုအချိန်တွင် ― ya.hku.a.hkyintwang ― currently[2]

Derived terms

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(Adverbs)

Adjective

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ယခု • (ya.hku.)

  1. present

Adverb

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ယခု • (ya.hku.)

  1. now; at present[2]

Usage notes

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Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-U Finals (11. Now; Present time)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 31
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 547

Further reading

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