မတ်စေ့

Burmese

Etymology

မတ် (mat, “quarter”) +‎ စေ့ (ce., “seed”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မတ်စိ
• IPA^(key): /maʔsḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: matce. • ALA-LC: matʻceʹ • BGN/PCGN: matsi. • Okell: maʔsí

Noun

မတ်စေ့ • (matce.)

1. quarter (currency)
2. (historical) mat, a former Burmese coin equal to 25 pya (a quarter of a kyat)

Further reading

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