ငွေ

Burmese

ငွေ (ngwe)

Etymology

From Old Burmese ငုယ် (nguy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ŋwè/

Romanization: MLCTS: ngwe • ALA-LC: ṅve • BGN/PCGN: ngwe • Okell: ngwei

Noun

ငွေ • (ngwe)

silver
money

Synonyms

(money): ငွေကြေး (ngwe-kre:)

References

“ငွေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.

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