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Burmese
Etymology
နှစ် (hnac, “two”) + ဆယ် (hcai, “ten”)
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: နှစ်'ဆယ်
- IPA(key): /n̥əsʰɛ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hnachcai • ALA-LC: nhacʻchayʻ • BGN/PCGN: hnăhsè • Okell: hnăhse
Numeral
နှစ်ဆယ် • (hnachcai) (digit ၂၀)
- twenty
Usage notes
Round numbers above 20 are subject to a special rule, meaning the standard word order is flipped (ဘုန်းကြီးပါးနှစ်ဆယ် (bhun:kri:pa:hnachcai, “twenty monks”) as opposed to (ဘုန်းကြီး နှစ်ဆယ်ပါး (bhun:kri: hnachcaipa:, “monks twenty”).