ငဲ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ngai. • ALA-LC: ṅaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: ngè. • Okell: ngé

Etymology 1

Compare Old Chinese 俄 (OC *ŋaːl, “slanting”) (Hill, 2019) - Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋaj (“to slant”) can thus be reconstructed.

Verb

ငဲ့ • (ngai.)

  1. to tilt, look slightly sideways
  2. to sympathize, be considerate
Derived terms
  • ချို့ငဲ့ (hkyui.ngai.)
  • ငဲ့ကြည့် (ngai.krany.)
  • ငဲ့ကွက် (ngai.kwak)
  • ငဲ့ညှာ (ngai.hnya)

Etymology 2

Particle

ငဲ့ • (ngai.)

  1. (poetic, same as ရဲ့ (rai.)) of, 's (indicating possession)

Further reading

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