ရယ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ရယ်, ယီ
  • IPA(key): /jɛ̀/, /jì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rai • ALA-LC: rayʻ • BGN/PCGN: yè/yi • Okell: ye/yi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)a-j/s/t (“to laugh”). Cognate with Tibetan བཞད (bzhad, “to laugh, smile”), Nuosu ꒉ (yy, “to laugh, smile”), and Lisu ꓪꓽ ꓫꓱꓻ (wɑ̀ ʃø, “to laugh”).

Verb

ရယ် • (rai)

  1. to laugh
Derived terms
  • ခွက်ထိုးခွက်လန်ရယ် (hkwakhtui:hkwaklanrai)
  • ပြက်ရယ်ပြု (prak-rai-pru.)
  • ပြုံးရယ် (prum:rai)
  • ရယ်စရာ (raica.ra)
  • ရယ်စရာကောင်း (raica.rakaung:)
  • ရယ်စရာဖြစ် (raica.rahprac)
  • ရယ်ဖွယ် (raihpwai)
  • ရယ်မော (raimau:)
  • ရယ်ရယ်ဖတ်ဖတ် (rairaihpathpat)
  • ရယ်ရွှင်ဖွယ် (raihrwanghpwai)
  • ရယ်ရွှန်းဖတ်ရွှန်း (raihrwan:hpathrwan:)
  • ရယ်သွမ်းသွေး (raiswam:swe:)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Probably not related to Etymology 1. Difficult to determine etymology as a basic particle.”)

Particle

ရယ် • (rai)

  1. particle suffixed to a noun to denote inclusion: and
    Synonyms: နှင့် (hnang.), နဲ့ (nai.)
  2. particle suffixed to a noun for emphasis

Further reading

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