အင်္ကျီရှည်

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Proper noun edit

အင်္ကျီရှည် • (angkyihrany)

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

Synonyms edit

လက်ရှည် (lakhrany)