ကလဲ့စားချေ
Burmese
Etymology
ကလဲ့ (ka.lai., “one's turn”) + စား (ca:, “to eat, consume”) + ချေ (hkye, “to pay, settle”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဂ'လဲ့ဇားချေ
- IPA(key): /ɡəlɛ̰zát͡ɕʰè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ka.lai.ca:hkye • ALA-LC: kalaiʹcāʺkhye • BGN/PCGN: gălè.za:che • Okell: kălésàhcei
Verb
ကလဲ့စားချေ • (ka.lai.ca:hkye)
- to take revenge, avenge, retaliate
- Synonym: လက်စားချေ (lakca:hkye)
Further reading
- “ကလဲ့စားချေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.