Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kye: • ALA-LC: kyeʺ • BGN/PCGN: kye: • Okell: ceì

Etymology 1

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Noun

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ကျေး (kye:)

  1. village

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Burmese ကိယ် (kiy)

Noun

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ကျေး (kye:)

  1. parrot, parakeet
  2. general term for birds

References

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  • 1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告[1], volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: