ဒါပေမဲ့
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
ဒါ (da, “that”) + ပေမဲ့ (pemai., “in spite of”)
Pronunciation edit
- Phonetic respelling: ဒါဗေမဲ့
- IPA(key): /dàbèmɛ̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: dapemai. • ALA-LC: dāpemaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: dabemè. • Okell: dapeimé
Adverb edit
ဒါပေမဲ့ • (dapemai.)
- (colloquial) but, however
Synonyms edit
- သို့သော် (sui.sau) (formal, literary)
- သို့ရာတွင် (sui.ra-twang) (formal, literary)
- သို့သော်လည်း (sui.saulany:) (formal, literary)
- သို့ပေမည့် (sui.pemany.) (formal, literary)
- သို့ပေမင့် (sui.pemang.) (formal, literary)
References edit
- “ဒါ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
- “ဒါပေမဲ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.