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Burmese
Etymology
အင်္ကျီ (angkyi, “clothes”) + ရှည် (hrany, “long”), from the Burmese association of Hokkien settlers with the merchant trade. Conversely, the Cantonese were associated with artisanship and manual work, hence the name အင်္ကျီတို (angkyitui).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အိန်းဂျီရှေ
- IPA(key): /ʔéɪɴd͡ʑìʃè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: angkyihrany • ALA-LC: ʼaṅʻkyīrhaññʻ • BGN/PCGN: ein:gyishe • Okell: eìñjihyei
Proper noun
အင်္ကျီရှည် • (angkyihrany)
- (informal) alternative form of လက်ရှည် (lakhrany) or Hokkien
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Further reading
2016, Yi Li, “Governing the Chinese in multi-ethnic colonial Burma between the 1890s and 1920s”, in South East Asia Research, volume 24, number 1, →ISSN, pages 135–154: