ရွယ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jwɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rwai • ALA-LC: rvayʻ • BGN/PCGN: ywè • Okell: ywe

Etymology 1

Noun

ရွယ် • (rwai)

  1. (same as အရွယ် (a.rwai)) age; size
Derived terms
  • ငယ်ရွယ် (ngairwai)
  • ပျိုရွယ် (pyuirwai)
  • ရွယ်တူ (rwaitu)
  • ရွယ်တူတန်းတူ (rwaitutan:tu)
  • ရွယ်ရွယ် (rwairwai)
  • ရွယ်လူး (rwailu:)
  • လူရွယ် (lurwai)
  • သက်တူရွယ်တူ (sakturwaitu)
  • အရွယ် (a.rwai)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (rwai "aim, take aim; intend"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ရွယ် • (rwai)

  1. to aim, intend
  2. to aim at, point at
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-WAY Finals (22. Ripe Age; Proper Time)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 23

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