ခြွေ

Burmese

Etymology

Causative of ကြွေ (krwe), thus "to cause to fall" > "to pluck, thresh".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰwè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hkrwe • ALA-LC: khrve • BGN/PCGN: chwe • Okell: hcwei

Verb

ခြွေ • (hkrwe)

Burmese verb set
Base ကြွေ (krwe)
Causativeခြွေ (hkrwe)
  1. to pluck or strip (leaves, petals, etc.)
  2. to thresh
  3. to deliver (a speech)

Derived terms

  • ခြွေရံသင်းပင်း (hkrweramsang:pang:)
  • ဖက်ခြွေမိုး (hpakhkrwemui:)
  • အခြွေအရံ (a.hkrwea.ram)
  • အမှည့်ခြွေခြွေ (a.hmany.hkrwehkrwe)

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