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Burmese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not clear if mentioned by STEDT, and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ရဲ့, ကဲ့
- IPA(key): /jɛ̰/, /kɛ̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: rai. • ALA-LC: raiʹ • BGN/PCGN: yè./kè. • Okell: yé/ké
Postposition
ရဲ့ • (rai.)
- of, ’s (indicating possession)
- အဖေရဲ့ အိမ် ― a.hperai. im ― Father’s house
- အဖေ့ရဲ့ အိမ် ― a.hpe.rai. im ― Father’s house
Particle
ရဲ့ • (rai.)
- postpositional marker used at the end of an affirmative sentence or in the middle of an interrogative sentence to express certainty; mostly found in certain fixed phrases
Usage notes
Optionally triggers induced creaky tone of the preceding word. Possession may also be indicated by induced creaky tone alone, without this postposition, e.g. အဖေ့ အိမ် (a.hpe. im, “Father’s house”).
- ကဲ့ (kai.) (after a syllable ending in /ʔ/)
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