ကပ်စေးနှဲ

Burmese

Etymology

ကပ် (kap) +‎ စေး (ce:) +‎ နှဲ (hnai:)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ကပ်စေးနဲ/ကပ်စီးနဲ
• IPA^(key): /kaʔsénɛ́ / kaʔsínɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: kapce:hnai: • ALA-LC: kapʻceʺnhai • BGN/PCGN: katse:nè: / katsi:nè: • Okell: kaʔseìnè / kaʔsìnè

Noun

ကပ်စေးနှဲ • (kapce:hnai:)

1. sticky candy
2. burrweed (Xanthium strumarium)
3. a grass of species Setaria forbesiana
4. plants of Sida species
5. aramina fibre (Urena lobata)

Verb

ကပ်စေးနှဲ • (kapce:hnai:)

1. to be stingy

References

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