ယခု

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Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ယခု • (ya.hku.)

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

Derived terms[edit]

(Adverbs)

Adverb[edit]

ယခု • (ya.hku.)

  1. now; at present[1]

Usage notes[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 547
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