မြွေ

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Burmese[edit]

မြွေ

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Burmese မြုယ် (mruy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-b/m-ruːl (snake). Cognate with Tibetan སྦྲུལ (sbrul) and Mandarin (huǐ).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Phonetic respelling: မွေ
  • IPA(key): /mwè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mrwe • ALA-LC: mrve • BGN/PCGN: mwe • Okell: mwei

Noun[edit]

မြွေ (mrwe) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. snake

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • မြွေ” 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.