ချေ
Burmese
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (khye "( verb. affix, euphonic )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)
Pronunciation
after /ʔ/:
- Phonetic respellings: ချေ, ချီ
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰè/, /t͡ɕʰì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: che/chi • Okell: hcei/hci
after a vowel or /ɴ/:
- Phonetic respellings: ဂျေ, ဂျီ
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑè/, /d͡ʑì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: gye/gyi • Okell: hcei/hci
Particle
ချေ • (hkye)
- used at or near the end of a clause or sentence for emphatic or euphonic effect; also used to soften the force of a request or a denial
- (colloquial) particle conveying the sense of impending event
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ချီ
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: chi • Okell: hci
Verb
ချေ • (hkye)
- to sneeze
Derived terms
- ချေဆတ် (hkyehcat)
- နှာချေ (hnahkye)
Etymology 3
Causative of ကျေ (kye, “to be settled (of an obligation)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: che • Okell: hcei
Verb
ချေ • (hkye)
| Base | ကျေ (kye) |
|---|---|
| Causative | ချေ (hkye) |
- to rebut, refute
- to pay (for goods received)
- to settle (debts, accounts)
- to destroy or wipe out completely, annihilate, crush
- to rub out
- to cancel
Derived terms
- ကချေသည် (ka.hkyesany)
- ကျိန်းချေ (kyin:hkye)
- ကြိတ်ချေ (krithkye)
- ကလဲ့စားချေ (ka.lai.ca:hkye)
- ချေချွတ် (hkyehkywat)
- ချေငံ (hkye-ngam)
- ချေပ (hkyepa.)
- ချေဖျက် (hkyehpyak)
- ချေမှုန်း (hkyehmun:)
- ချေလွှာ (hkyehlwa)
- ချေလဲ (hkyelai:)
- ခွင်းချေ (hkwang:hkye)
- ငွေချေ (ngwehkye)
- ထုချေ (htu.hkye)
- ထုချေလွှာ (htu.hkyehlwa)
- ပေးချေ (pe:hkye)
- ဘဲစားဘဲချေ (bhai:ca:bhai:hkye)
- ယတြာချေ (ya.trahkye)
- ရှမ်းချေချေ (hram:hkyehkye)
- လက်စားချေ (lakca:hkye)
- သင်ပုန်းချေ (sangpun:hkye)
- အချေ (a.hkye)
- အစာချေ (a.cahkye)
Etymology 4
Verb
ချေ • (hkye)
- (archaic) to use toiletries
Derived terms
- မျက်နှာချေ (myakhnahkye)
Etymology 5
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)
Noun
ချေ • (hkye)
- (archaic) mole (on skin)
Etymology 6
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *d-kəy (“barking deer, deer”). Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo ci (“deer”), Naxi qiq (“muntjac”), S'gaw Karen တခံ (takhee, “deer”), Jingpho chäkhji (“barking deer”), and perhaps Old Chinese 麂 (OC *krilʔ, “muntjac”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ဂျီ
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkye • ALA-LC: khye • BGN/PCGN: gyi • Okell: hci
Noun
ချေ • (hkye)
Derived terms
- ပလ္လင်ဆင်းငွေချေ (pallanghcang:ngwehkye)
- အချုပ်လွတ်ထုချေ (a.hkyuplwathtu.hkye)
Further reading
- “33” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
- “ချေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 294.
- “ချေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, page 264
- “ချေ” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.