ရယ်
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)a-j/s/t. Cognate with Tibetan བཞད (bzhad, “to laugh, smile”), Nuosu ꒉ (yy, “to laugh, smile”), and Lisu ꓪꓽ ꓫꓱꓻ (wɑ̀ ʃø, “to laugh”).
Pronunciation edit
- Phonetic respelling: ယီ
- IPA(key): /jì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: rai • ALA-LC: rayʻ • BGN/PCGN: yi • Okell: yi
Verb edit
ရယ် • (rai)
- to laugh
References edit
- “ရယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.