ချေ

Burmese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: che • Okell: hcei

Verb

ချေ (hkye)

  1. to rub out
  2. to cancel
  3. to settle (debts)
  4. to pay (for goods received)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ချီ
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: chi • Okell: hci

Verb

ချေ (hkye)

  1. to sneeze

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဂျီ
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: gyi • Okell: hci

Noun

ချေ (hkye)

  1. barking deer; muntjac

Etymology 4

Noun

ချေ (hkye)

  1. (archaic) mole (on skin)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

after /ʔ/:

  • Phonetic respellings: ချေ, ချီ
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰè/, /t͡ɕʰì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: che/chi • Okell: hcei/hci

after a vowel or /ɴ/:

  • Phonetic respellings: ဂျေ, ဂျီ
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑè/, /d͡ʑì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: gye/gyi • Okell: hcei/hci

Particle

ချေ (hkye)

  1. used for euphonic effect; also used to soften the force of a request or a denial

Further reading

  • 33” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
  • ချေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 294.
  • ချေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, page 264
  • ချေ” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.
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