ရေပန်းစား

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from ရေပန်း (repan:, “water sprinkler, fountain”) +‎ စား (ca:, “to consume, match”), though this appears to be a folk-etymological phono-semantic matching of ယက်ပန်းစား (yakpan:ca:, “to cut through water”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ရေဗန်းစား
  • IPA(key): /jèbáɴsá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: repan:ca: • ALA-LC: repanʻʺcāʺ • BGN/PCGN: yeban:sa: • Okell: yeipàñsà

Verb

ရေပန်းစား • (repan:ca:)

  1. (same as ယက်ပန်းစား (yakpan:ca:)) (of a ship or boat) to cut through the water with speed
  2. (figuratively) to be popular

Further reading

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