များသောအားဖြင့်

Burmese

Etymology

များ (mya:, many) +‎ သော (sau:, desiderative marker) +‎ အား (a:) +‎ ဖြင့် (hprang., with; and); the sense invoked by အား (a:) is not given by MED, though a variety of senses seem reasonable, including "to be free" and "to (dative)".

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: များ+သောအားဖြင့်
  • IPA(key): /mjáðɔ́ʔápʰjɪ̰ɴ /
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mya:sau:a:hprang. • ALA-LC: myāʺsoʼāʺphraṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: mya:dhaw:a:hpyin. • Okell: myàthòàhpyíñ

Adverb

များသောအားဖြင့် • (mya:sau:a:hprang.)

  1. generally, usually

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