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Burmese
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'လား
- IPA(key): /ʔəlá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.la: • ALA-LC: ʼalāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăla: • Okell: ălà
Etymology 1
Perhaps from အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + လား (la:, “to reach, go”).
Noun
အလား • (a.la:)
- appearance, form
Particle
အလား • (a.la:)
- particle suffixed to a noun to denote similarity: like, as
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Apparently from အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + လား (la:, “to reach, go”), and thus equivalent with Etymology 1.
Noun
အလား • (a.la:)
- passage
- direction
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