ရှေ့

See also: ရေး, ရေ, and ရွှေ

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ရှိယ့် (hriy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rəy (“front”). Cognate with Northern Pumi [script needed] (rə³⁵ be⁵³, “front”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃḛ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hre. • ALA-LC: rheʹ • BGN/PCGN: she. • Okell: hyeí

Noun

ရှေ့ • (hre.)

1. future, hereafter

Postposition

ရှေ့ • (hre.)

1. in front of

References

• Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.