အကြီး

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ကြီး (kri:, “big”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ကြီး
  • IPA(key): /ʔət͡ɕí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.kri: • ALA-LC: ʼakrīʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăkyi: • Okell: ăcì

Noun

အကြီး • (a.kri:)

  1. the bigger
  2. the elder
  3. (archaic) chief
  4. tutor to royal children
  5. elder sister of one's mother

Derived terms

  • အကြီးတော် (a.kri:tau)
  • အကြီးအကျယ် (a.kri:a.kyai)
  • အကြီးအကဲ (a.kri:a.kai:)
  • အကြီးအမှူး (a.kri:a.hmu:)

Further reading

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