ချေး

ချေး

See also: ချည်

Burmese

Etymology 1

From Old Burmese ခ္လိယ်း (hkliy), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *kləy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kləj.[1] Cognate with Tibetan ལྕི་བ (lci ba) and Chinese 屎.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ချီး
• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkye: • ALA-LC: khyeʺ • BGN/PCGN: chi: • Okell: hcì

Noun

ချေး • (hkye:)

1. feces, dung

Verb

ချေး • (hkye:)

1. to borrow[2]
2. to lend[2]

Derived terms

• ချေးငွေ (hkye:ngwe)

References

1. Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.
2. “ချေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.