တကယ်

Burmese

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဒ'ဂယ်
  • IPA(key): /dəɡɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta.kai • ALA-LC: takayʻ • BGN/PCGN: dăgè • Okell: tăke

Adverb

တကယ် • (ta.kai)

  1. really, certainly, surely, actually, definitely

Derived terms

  • တကယ်တမ်း (ta.kaitam:)
  • တကယ်လို့ (ta.kailui.)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY Finals (3. Exceedingly; Very; to Excel)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 19

Further reading

  • “တကယ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 448.
  • “တကယ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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