ကြိုးစား

Burmese

Etymology

ကြိုး (krui:, “to try, strive”) +‎ စား (ca:, “to exceed”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ကြိုးဇား
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕózá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: krui:ca: • ALA-LC: kruiʺcāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kyo:za: • Okell: coùsà

Verb

ကြိုးစား • (krui:ca:)

  1. to try, strive, endeavor, make great effort
    Synonym: ကြိုးပမ်း (krui:pam:)

Further reading

  • “ကြိုးစား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “ကြိုးစား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 244.
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