သို့ရာတွင်

Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

Phonetic respelling: +သို့ရာဒွင်
IPA^(key): /ðo̰jàdwɪ̀ɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: sui.ra-twang • ALA-LC: suiʹrātvaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: dho.yadwin • Okell: thoúyatwiñ

Conjunction edit

သို့ရာတွင် • (sui.ra-twang)

(literary) but; however; nevertheless

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

ဒါပေမဲ့ (dapemai.) (informal, colloquial)
သို့ရာတွင် (sui.ra-twang) (formal, literary)
သို့သော်လည်း (sui.saulany:) (formal, literary)
သို့ပေမည့် (sui.pemany.) (formal, literary)
သို့ပေမင့် (sui.pemang.) (formal, literary)

References edit

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