Burmese edit

Burmese numbers (edit)
50
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5
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    Cardinal: ငါး (nga:)
    Ordinal: ပဉ္စမ (panyca.ma.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ŋá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nga: • ALA-LC: ṅāʺ • BGN/PCGN: nga: • Okell: ngà

Etymology 1 edit

 
ငါး ငါးကောင် (nga: nga:kaung, five fish)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognate with Nuosu (nge), Sikkimese (nga), Eastern Min (ngô, ngū).

Numeral edit

ငါး (nga:) (digit )

  1. five
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ŋa², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate with Newar (ṅa), Tibetan (nya), and Eastern Min (ngṳ̀).

Noun edit

ငါး (nga:) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. fish
Derived terms edit