ကြီး

See also: ကြိုး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b-gryas (“old”). Compare Chinese 耆 (“old”).

Pronunciation
  • Phonetic respellings: ကြီး, ဂြီး
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕí/, /d͡ʑí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kri: • ALA-LC: krīʺ • BGN/PCGN: kyi:/gyi: • Okell: cì/cì
  • Homophone: ကျီး (kyi:)

Adjective

ကြီး • (kri:)

  1. big; large; great (in magnitude); high (in degree).
  2. older; elder (in family).
  3. hallowed; sacred; holy.
  4. great; powerful; mighty.

Derived terms
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