ရွေ့

Burmese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (rweʼ "move from one's place"). Luce compares (for the causative transitive form ရွှေ့ (hrwe.)) Old Chinese 揮 (OC *qʰul, “to move, shake”).^[1] This seems feasible, though the Old Chinese form would have to "undergo metathesis" to more closely match the Burmese.”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jwḛ/
Romanization: MLCTS: rwe. • ALA-LC: rveʹ • BGN/PCGN: ywe. • Okell: yweí

Verb

ရွေ့ • (rwe.)

Burmese verb set
Base	ရွေ့ (rwe.)
Causative	ရွှေ့ (hrwe.)

to move, be displaced

Conjunction

ရွေ့ • (rwe.)

and, while, because

Derived terms

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WE Finals (160. to Move, turn up)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 18