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Burmese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Burmese ရိယ်း (riy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-rəj (“to draw, mark; boundary”). Cognates include Tibetan འབྲི ('bri), Khumi Chin tärüte, Old Chinese 理 (OC *rɯʔ, “to cut jade, put in order, manage”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Verb
ရေး • (re:)
- to write, draw, compose
Particle
ရေး • (re:)
- particle suffixed to verb or noun to denote a state, action or skill
Classifier
ရေး • (re:)
- numerical classifier for counting stretches of sleep
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ရေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.