ဣ

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ဣ U+1023, ဣ
MYANMAR LETTER I
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Pronunciation

Letter

ဣ

  1. Indic independent vowel letter 'i', notably part of the Burmese alphabet.

Mon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i/
  • (file)

Adverb

ဣ (i)

  1. always followed by ရ (ra) prefect particle.
    အမှုဗှ်ေဖျုဲထောံဣရဟာ။
    ʼamhu bhe phyuy thoṃ ʼira hā.
    They have postponed to hearing your case.
    တ္ၚဲဗ္ဒန်အာဒဵုဣရ။
    tṅoa bdanʼā deu ʼira.
    The sun has disappeared behind the hills.

Trivia

Halliday treats the whole sequence ဣရ as a single "verb affix denoting the past, chiefly applied to speaking".

Letter

ဣ (i)

  1. ʼI, the third vowel of the modern Mon alphabet.

References

  1. ^ R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎, Bangkok: Siam Society, page 24
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