ထက်ဝယ်ဖွဲ့ခွေ

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Burmese

Etymology

ထက်ဝယ် (htak-wai) is a borrowing from Mon (ဂဇံ)ထဝါဲ (“to sit cross-legged”),[1][2] with Burmese verbs ဖွဲ့ (hpwai., “to bind together”) and ခွေ (hkwe, “to coil, to curl”) added. See also Burmese ထားဝယ် (hta:wai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʰɛʔwɛ̀pʰwɛ̰kʰwè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: htak-waihpwai.hkwe • ALA-LC: thakʻvayʻphvaiʹkhve • BGN/PCGN: htet-wèhpwè.hkwe • Okell: hteʔwehpwéhkwei

Verb

ထက်ဝယ်ဖွဲ့ခွေ • (htak-waihpwai.hkwe)

  1. (Buddhism, also applied to Kings) to sit cross-legged[3]
    Synonym: (generally) တင်ပျဉ်ခွေ (tangpyanyhkwe)

References

  1. ^ Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, page xvi, 50
  2. ^ Taw Sein Ko (1888) The Mahājanaka Jātaka: Being the Story of One of the Anterior Births of Gotama Buddha‎, Rangoon: The Hanthawaddy Press, pages 162, 171
  3. ^ “ထက်ဝယ်စမွယ်, ထက်ဝယ်ဖွဲ့, ထက်ဝယ်ဖွဲ့ခွေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 512.
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