ဝယ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wai • ALA-LC: vayʻ • BGN/PCGN: wè • Okell: we

Etymology 1

Probably from a Proto-Lolo-Burmese *way (“to buy”), with further derivation unclear (STEDT). Perhaps from the same word family as Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/m/s-laj ~ r/s-lej ~ b-rej (“to exchange, buy”) (whence Old Chinese 移 (OC *lal, “to change places”), 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ, “to exchange”)); the latter Sino-Tibetan root is known for variable prefixes and -ay/-ey vocalism.

Verb

ဝယ် • (wai)

1. to buy, purchase

   Antonym: ရောင်း (raung:)

Derived terms

• ကောင်းရောင်းကောင်းဝယ် (kaung:raung:kaung:wai)
• စကားရောင်းစကားဝယ် (ca.ka:raung:ca.ka:wai)
• ဈေးဝယ် (jhe:wai)
• မလည်မဝယ် (ma.lanyma.wai)
• ရောင်းဝယ် (raung:wai)
• ရောင်းဝယ်ဖောက်ကား (raung:waihpaukka:)
• ဝယ်ခြမ်း (waihkram:)
• ဝယ်ယူ (waiyu)
• ဝယ်လိုအား (wailuia:)
• ဝယ်အား (waia:)

 

Etymology 2

Particle

ဝယ် • (wai)

1. word denoting time or place
2. postpositional marker suffixed to a noun to indicate either temporal or locative case: by, at, in

Derived terms

• မြေဝယ်မကျ (mrewaima.kya.)

 

Further reading

• “ဝယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.