ငှား

See also: ငူး, ငွေ, ငါ့, ငါး, င, ငှါး, ငါ, and ငို

Burmese

Alternative forms

ငှါး (hnga:)

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-ŋa² (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r/s-ŋ(y)a (“idem”). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (ŋà, “to borrow, lend”), Tibetan བརྙན (brnyan, “to borrow”) (STEDT); Luce additionally adduces Old Chinese 寓 (OC *ŋos, “to dwell; to attribute”) as a cognate.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ŋ̊á/
Romanization: MLCTS: hnga: • ALA-LC: ṅhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hnga: • Okell: hngà

Verb

ငှား • (hnga:)

to borrow, hire (on payment), rent
to lend, loan, hire (on payment), let
အိမ်ငှား ― imhnga: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

ချေးငှား (hkye:hnga:)
ငှားရမ်း (hnga:ram:)
စာရင်းငှား (carang:hnga:)
မြေငှား (mrehnga:)
လူငှား (luhnga:)
သူရင်းငှား (surang:hnga:)
အငှား (a.hnga:)
အိမ်ငှား (imhnga:)

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (31. to Borrow or Lend (things)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 2