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Burmese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Burmese ခြုယ် (khruy), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-grwəy² (“sweat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-(k/ŋ)rul (“sweat”). Compare Old Chinese 汗 (OC *kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns, “sweat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰwé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hkywe: • ALA-LC: khyveʺ • BGN/PCGN: chwe: • Okell: hcweì
Noun
ချွေး • (hkywe:)
- sweat, perspiration
- ချွေးစေး, ချွေးအေး ― hkywe:ce:, hkywe:e: ― clammy sweat
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ချွေး” 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: