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Burmese
Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kɑ⁵³ le⁵⁵ "child"). The constituent syllables don't seem to make much sense in relation to "child", and MED accordingly treats this two-syllable word as an atomic unit. Could this be a loan from some other language in the area, like Mon-Khmer or Kra-Dai?”
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Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ခ'လေး
- IPA(key): /kʰəlé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ka.le: • ALA-LC: kaleʺ • BGN/PCGN: hkăle: • Okell: hkăleì
Noun
ကလေး • (ka.le:)
- child (son or daughter; minor)
- young son and daughter
- a young man
- a person who is not yet of age
- behaving in a way that is not worthy of dignity
Adjective
ကလေး • (ka.le:)
- small, underage (baby butterfly).
Classifier
ကလေး • (ka.le:)
- to lighten the depth, to be polite, a word that helps to make a pleasant impression (boo boo baby, stubborn boy, he is a child, a child of fire).
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