ရေ
Burmese
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Burmese ရိယ် (riy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rəj (“water; liquid; body fluid”). Cognate with Pela ɣəi⁵⁵, Tangut 𗋽 (*zjɨ̱r²), and Tshangla ri¹³.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /jè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: re • ALA-LC: re • BGN/PCGN: ye • Okell: yei
Noun
editရေ • (re)
- water
- ရေ နှစ်ခွက် ― re hnachkwak ― two cups of water
Derived terms
edit- ရေကြီးခြင်း (re-kri:hkrang:)
- ရေခဲ (rehkai:)
- ရေငတ် (re-ngat)
- ရေဆန် (rehcan)
- ရေလွှမ်းခြင်း (rehlwam:hkrang:)
References
edit- “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.
Pali
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
Noun
editရေ
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- Burmese terms inherited from Old Burmese
- Burmese terms derived from Old Burmese
- Burmese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Burmese lemmas
- Burmese nouns
- Burmese terms with usage examples
- my:Water
- Pali non-lemma forms
- Pali noun forms
- Pali noun forms in Burmese script