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Burmese
Etymology
Contraction of သခင်ဘုရား (sa.hkangbhu.ra:, “master lord”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ခင်ဗျား, ခ'များ
- IPA(key): /kʰɪ̀ɴbjá/, /kʰəmjá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkangbya: • ALA-LC: khaṅʻbyāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hkinbya:/hkămya: • Okell: hkiñbyà/hkămyà
Pronoun
ခင်ဗျား • (hkangbya:)
- (men's speech) you (singular, polite, used by males)
Particle
ခင်ဗျား • (hkangbya:)
- (men's speech) sir
Usage notes
Put at the end of a sentence as a polite term of address to the listener. Used by males.
မင်္ဂလာပါ ခင်ဗျာ- mangga.lapa hkangbya
- Hello (male speaker with the word used as an appellative)
Synonyms
- နင် (nang) (addressed to someone younger than the speaker)
- မင်း (mang:) (addressing peers or subordinates)
- ရှင် (hrang) (singular, polite, used by females)
Derived terms
See also
Burmese personal pronouns
| Burmese |
Person |
Level of
speech |
Remarks
|
| ငါ (nga) |
First |
Informal |
used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
|
| ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) |
First |
Formal |
used by males
|
| ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) |
First |
Formal |
used by females
|
| ကျွန်ုပ် |
First |
Informal |
|
| ကျုပ် (kyup) |
First |
Informal |
|
| နင် (nang) |
Second |
Informal |
used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
|
| မင်း (mang:) |
Second |
Informal |
used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
|
| ညည်း (nyany:) |
Second |
Informal |
used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
|
| တော် (tau) |
Second |
Informal |
used by females
|
| ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) |
Second |
Formal |
used by males
|
| ရှင် (hrang) |
Second |
Formal |
used by females
|
| သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) |
Second |
Formal |
|
| သူ (su) |
Third |
|
|
| သင်း (sang:) |
Third |
|
|
| ချင်း (hkyang:) |
Third |
|
|
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