ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး

Burmese

Etymology

ကိုယ် (kuiy, “body, self”) +‎ ရည် (rany, “liquid”) +‎ သွေး (swe:, “to convey, grind”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ကိုယ်ရေသွေး
  • IPA(key): /kòjjèθwé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kuiyranyswe: • ALA-LC: kuiyʻraññʻsveʺ • BGN/PCGN: koyyethwe: • Okell: kouyyeithweì

Verb

ကိုယ်ရည်သွေး • (kuiyranyswe:)

  1. (figuratively) to display one's good qualities boastfully, blow one's own trumpet

Further reading

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