မြေကြီးလက်ခတ်မလွဲ

Burmese

Etymology

မြေကြီး (mre-kri:, “earth”) +‎ လက် (lak, “hand”) +‎ ခတ် (hkat, “to strike”) +‎ မ (ma., “not”) +‎ လွဲ (lwai:, “to go wrong”), i.e. "nothing wrong when one strikes the earth".

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မြေဂြီးလက်ခတ်မ'လွဲ
  • IPA(key): /mjèd͡ʑílɛʔkʰaʔməlwɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mre-kri:lakhkatma.lwai: • ALA-LC: mrekrīʺlakʻkhatʻmalvai • BGN/PCGN: myegyi:lethkatmălwè: • Okell: myeicìleʔhkaʔmălwè

Adverb

မြေကြီးလက်ခတ်မလွဲ • (mre-kri:lakhkatma.lwai:)

  1. definitely, surely, without fail

Further reading

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