ကျားကျားလျားလျား

Burmese

Etymology

ကျား (kya:) is a contracted form of ယောက်ျား (“a male person”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respelling: ကျားဂျားလျားလျား
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕád͡ʑájájá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kya:kya:lya:lya: • ALA-LC: kyāʺkyāʺlyāʺlyāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kya:gya:ya:ya: • Okell: càcàyàyà

Adverb

ကျားကျားလျားလျား • (kya:kya:lya:lya:)

  1. boldly[1]

References
  1. “ကျားကျားလျားလျား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 214.
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