ရေ

See also: ရေး, ရွှေ, and ရှေ့

Burmese

ရေ

Etymology

From Old Burmese ရိယ် (riy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rəj. Cognate with Atong (India) tyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jè/
• Romanization: MLCTS: re • ALA-LC: re • BGN/PCGN: ye • Okell: yei

Noun

ရေ • (re)

1. water

   ရေ နှစ်ခွက် ― re hnachkwak ― two cups of water

Derived terms

• ရေကြီးခြင်း (re-kri:hkrang:)
• ရေခဲ (rehkai:)
• ရေငတ် (re-ngat)
• ရေလွှမ်းခြင်း (rehlwam:hkrang:)

 

References

• “ရေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 847.
• “ရေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.