ကြဲ

Burmese

Etymology

A formation from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g(r/l)aːj (“to scatter, sow, dispersedly widely; wide; star”), whence also ကျယ် (kyai, “wide”); see there for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: krai: • ALA-LC: krai • BGN/PCGN: kyè: • Okell: cè

Verb

ကြဲ • (krai:)

  1. to scatter, cast
  2. (colloquial) to do, perform

Derived terms

  • ကြဲခင်း (krai:hkang:)
  • စွန့်ကြဲ (cwan.krai:)
  • ဆတ်ဆတ်ကြဲ (hcathcatkrai:)
  • ထိတ်ထိတ်ကြဲ (htithtitkrai:)
  • ပျိုးကြဲ (pyui:krai:)
  • ဖွာဆန်ကြဲ (hpwahcankrai:)
  • ဖွာလန်ကြဲ (hpwalankrai:)
  • ဗုံးကြဲ (bum:krai:)
  • မျိုးကြဲ (myui:krai:)
  • အခြောက်ကြဲ (a.hkraukkrai:)

Further reading

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