U+104F, ၏
MYANMAR SYMBOL GENITIVE

[U+104E]
Myanmar
[U+1050]

Translingual edit

Letter edit

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Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Burmese ဧအ်.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Phonetic respelling: အိ
  • IPA(key): /ʔḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: e • ALA-LC: e* • BGN/PCGN: i. • Okell: í

Particle edit

(e)

  1. (literary) of, ’s (indicating possession)
    အဖေ အိမ်a.hpee imFather’s house

Synonyms edit

Postposition edit

(e)

  1. (literary) postpositional marker placed at the end of an affirmative sentence (followed by interrogative particle in the case of an interrogative sentence
    ကြိုဆိုပါkruihcuipaeWelcome

Usage notes edit

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^
    2018 March 12, “၍၊ ၌၊ ၏၊ ၎င်း အက္ခရာတွေ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာပုံ”, in BBC News မြန်မာ[1]: