ရေး

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See also: ရေ and ရှေး

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 (OC *rɯʔ, “to cut jade, put in order, manage”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Verb

ရေး (re:)

  1. to write, draw, compose

Particle

ရေး (re:)

  1. particle suffixed to verb or noun to denote a state, action or skill

Classifier

ရေး (re:)

  1. 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.