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Burmese
Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “ဘယ် (bhai) is the interrogative. What exactly is နှစ် (hnac) though? "Two" and "year" do not seem to be relevant interpretations.”
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Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ဗယ်နှ', ဗယ်နှ
- IPA(key): /bɛ̀n̥ə/, /bɛ̀n̥a̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhaihnac • ALA-LC: bhayʻnhacʻ • BGN/PCGN: bèhnă/bèhna. • Okell: behnă/behná
Usage notes
The reduced form /bɛ̀n̥ə/ occurs immediately before another word; the full form /bɛ̀n̥a̰/ in isolation.
Determiner
ဘယ်နှစ် • (bhaihnac)
- how much, how many
အုန်းသီး ဘယ်နှစ်လုံး ယူမလဲ။- un:si: bhaihnaclum: yuma.lai:||
- How many coconuts are you going to take?
Usage notes
Takes the same syntactic position as a numeral, namely after the noun and before the numeral classifier.
Synonyms
References
- “ဘယ်နှစ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.