ရွေ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jwè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: rwe • ALA-LC: rve • BGN/PCGN: ywe • Okell: ywei

Etymology 1

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

Verb

ရွေ • (rwe)

  1. to hew, whittle
Derived terms
  • ရွေပေါ် (rwepau)
  • ရွေပေါ်စာ (rwepauca)
  • ရွေပေါ်ထိုး (rwepauhtui:)
  • လိပ်စရွေ (lipca.rwe)
  • လူးရွေပေါ် (lu:rwepau)

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 (rwe "associate familiarly"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ရွေ • (rwe)

  1. (poetic) to wait on, attend on

Noun

ရွေ • (rwe)

  1. (poetic, same as ရံရွေတော် (ram-rwetau)) person attending on royalty (especially a lady-in-waiting)

Derived terms

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