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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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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 (kyê "province, district"). Luce 1981 (under the gloss "Bond-Servant; Subject") compares the word to Old Chinese 奚 (OC *ɡeː, “(obsolete) servant”), Tibetan ཁྱིག (khyig, “to bind”).”
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Noun
ကျေး • (kye:)
- village
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Burmese ကိယ် (kiy), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *gjəy² (“parrot”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *gjəy (“parrot, parakeet”); compare the second syllable of Mizo va-ki (“parrot”) (STEDT). The Tibeto-Burman root appears to be onomatopoeic.
Noun
ကျေး • (kye:)
- parrot, parakeet
- general term for birds
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ကျေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告, volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: