ကျား

See also: ကျ, ကျာ, and ကြာ

Burmese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese က္လာ (kla),[1] Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-la, borrowed from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kya: • ALA-LC: kyāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kya: • Okell:
  • Homophone: ကြား (kra:)

Noun

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. tiger
Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • ကျားထိုး (kya:htui:)

(Nouns)

See also

References

  1. Rudolf A. Yanson (2006 January 1) Notes on the Evolution of the Burmese Phonological System, Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 103–120

Verb

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. having a pattern, specifically striped or checkered; to be variegated
Derived terms

(Adverbs)

  • ကြောင်ကြောင်ကျားကျား (kraungkraungkya:kya:)
See also

Noun

ကျား • (kya:)

  1. A transverse stay in the roof of a building.
  2. A prop or stay applied to the side of a house, boat or ship.
Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • ကျားကန် (kya:kan)

(Nouns)

  • ကျားမော့ (kya:mau.)
See also
  • ဒိုင်း (duing:)

Etymology 4

Contraction of ယောက်ျား (a male person).

Derived terms

(Adverbs)

Further reading

  • ကျား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Judson, A., Stevenson, Robert C., Eveleth, F. H. (1921) “ကျား, 1; ကျား, 2; ကျား, 3; ကျား, 4”, in The Judson Burmese-English Dictionary, Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, pages 213–4
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