ဒါပေမဲ့

ဒါပေမဲ့

Burmese

Etymology

ဒါ (da, “that”) +‎ ပေမဲ့ (pemai., “in spite of”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဒါဗေမဲ့
• IPA^(key): /dàbèmɛ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: dapemai. • ALA-LC: dāpemaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: dabemè. • Okell: dapeimé

Adverb

ဒါပေမဲ့ • (dapemai.)

1. (colloquial) but, however

Synonyms

• သို့သော် (sui.sau) (formal, literary)
• သို့ရာတွင် (sui.ra-twang) (formal, literary)
• သို့သော်လည်း (sui.saulany:) (formal, literary)
• သို့ပေမည့် (sui.pemany.) (formal, literary)
• သို့ပေမင့် (sui.pemang.) (formal, literary)

References

• “ဒါ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “ဒါပေမဲ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.