အညစ်အကြေး

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ညစ် (nyac, “to be dirty”) +‎ အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ကြေး (kre:, “grime, dirt”), despite MED considering the word as an atomic non-decomposable unit.

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ညစ်အ'ကြေး
  • IPA(key): /ʔəɲɪʔ.ʔət͡ɕé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.nyaca.kre: • ALA-LC: ʼaññacʻʼakreʺ • BGN/PCGN: ănyităkye: • Okell: ănyiʔăceì

Noun

အညစ်အကြေး • (a.nyaca.kre:)

  1. dirt, refuse, trash, rubbish
  2. excrement
  3. grime

Further reading

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