အင်္ကျီရှည်

Burmese

Etymology

အင်္ကျီ (angkyi, “clothes”) +‎ ရှည် (hrany, “long”), from the Burmese association of Hokkien settlers with the merchant trade. Conversely, the Cantonese were associated with artisanship and manual work, hence the name အင်္ကျီတို (angkyitui).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အိန်းဂျီရှေ
• IPA^(key): /ʔéɪɴd͡ʑìʃè/
• Romanization: MLCTS: angkyihrany • ALA-LC: ʼaṅʻkyīrhaññʻ • BGN/PCGN: ein:gyishe • Okell: eìñjihyei

Proper noun

အင်္ကျီရှည် • (angkyihrany)

1. (informal) Alternative form of လက်ရှည် (lakhrany) or Hokkien

Synonyms

• လက်ရှည် (lakhrany)

Further reading

• 2016, Yi Li, “Governing the Chinese in multi-ethnic colonial Burma between the 1890s and 1920s”, in South East Asia Research‎^[1], volume 24, number 1, →ISSN, pages 135–154: