ဘယ်နှစ်

Burmese

Alternative forms

ဘယ်နှ (bhaihna.)

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “ဘယ် (bhai) is the interrogative. What exactly is နှစ် (hnac) though? "Two" and "year" do not seem to be relevant interpretations.”

Pronunciation

Phonetic respellings: ဗယ်နှ', ဗယ်နှ
IPA^(key): /bɛ̀n̥ə/, /bɛ̀n̥a̰/
Romanization: MLCTS: bhaihnac • ALA-LC: bhayʻnhacʻ • BGN/PCGN: bèhnă/bèhna. • Okell: behnă/behná

Usage notes

The reduced form /bɛ̀n̥ə/ occurs immediately before another word; the full form /bɛ̀n̥a̰/ in isolation.

Determiner

ဘယ်နှစ် • (bhaihnac)

how much, how many
အုန်းသီး ဘယ်နှစ်လုံး ယူမလဲ။
un:si: bhaihnaclum: yuma.lai:||
How many coconuts are you going to take?

Usage notes

Takes the same syntactic position as a numeral, namely after the noun and before the numeral classifier.

Synonyms

ဘယ်လောက် (bhailauk)

References

“ဘယ်နှစ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.