ရေ

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See also: ရေး, ရွှေ, and ရှေ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

ရေ

Inherited from Old Burmese ရိယ် (riy), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *rəj¹ (“water”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rəj (“water; liquid; body fluid”). Cognate with Pela ɣəi⁵⁵, Tangut 𗋽 (*zjɨ̱r²), and Tshangla ri¹³ (STEDT).

Noun

ရေ • (re)

  1. water
    ရေ နှစ်ခွက် ― re hnachkwak ― two cups of water
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Luce 1981, and doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT either. Could this be a particle usage of the "enumerate" sense in Etymology 3?”

Particle

ရေ • (re)

  1. word used as a suffix to the name of the person hailed

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsjəj (“to count”); see Old Chinese 數 (OC *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ, “to count; number”) for more cognates (STEDT).

Verb

ရေ • (re)

  1. to count, enumerate
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k-rəj (“skin”). Cognate with Tibetan སྐྱི (skyi, “outer skin”) (STEDT), as well as, according to Luce, Old Chinese 肌 (OC *kril, “skin; muscle”).[1] STEDT also compares 介 (OC *kreːds, “shell; to lie between”).

Noun

ရေ • (re)

  1. skin, hide, pelt
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (87. Skin; Hide; Leather)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan‎, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “ရေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 847.
  • “ရေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Pali

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Noun

ရေ

  1. Burmese script form of re, locative singular of ရ (ra, “the Pali letter 'r'”)
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