ငှား

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See also: ငူး, ငွေ, ငါ့, ငါး, င, ငှါး, ငါ, and ငို

Burmese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-ŋa² (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r/s-ŋ(y)a (“idem”). Cognate with Akha (ŋà, “to borrow, lend”), Tibetan བརྙན (brnyan, “to borrow”) (STEDT); Luce additionally adduces Old Chinese 寓 (OC *ŋos, “to dwell; to attribute”) as a cognate.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋ̊á/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hnga: • ALA-LC: ṅhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hnga: • Okell: hngà

Verb

ငှား • (hnga:)

  1. to borrow, hire (on payment), rent
  2. to lend, loan, hire (on payment), let
    အိမ်ငှား ― imhnga: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (31. to Borrow or Lend (things)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 2

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