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)

water
ရေ နှစ်ခွက် ― re hnachkwak ― two cups of water

Derived terms

ရေခဲ (rehkai:)

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.

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