ချေ

Burmese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/t͡ɕʰè/
• Romanization:MLCTS:hkye •ALA-LC:khye •BGN/PCGN:che •Okell:hcei

Verb

ချေ•(hkye)

1. torub out
2. tocancel
3. tosettle(debts)
4. topay(for goods received)

Derived terms

• ပေးချေ(pe:hkye)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling:ချီ
• IPA^(key):/t͡ɕʰì/
• Romanization:MLCTS:hkye •ALA-LC:khye •BGN/PCGN:chi •Okell:hci

Verb

ချေ•(hkye)

1. tosneeze

Etymology 3

FromProto-Tibeto-Burman*d-kəy(“barking deer, deer”).Cognate with Yao'anLolopoci(“deer”),Naxiqiq(“muntjac”),S'gaw Karenတခံ(takhee,“deer”),Jingphochäkhji(“barking deer”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling:ဂျီ
• IPA^(key):/d͡ʑì/
• Romanization:MLCTS:hkye •ALA-LC:khye •BGN/PCGN:gyi •Okell:hci

Noun

ချေ•(hkye)

1. barking deer;muntjac

Etymology 4

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ချေ•(hkye)

1. (archaic)mole(on skin)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

after /ʔ/:

• Phonetic respellings:ချေ, ချီ
• IPA^(key):/t͡ɕʰè/, /t͡ɕʰì/
• Romanization:MLCTS:hkye •ALA-LC:khye •BGN/PCGN:che/chi •Okell:hcei/hci

after a vowel or /ɴ/:

• Phonetic respellings:ဂျေ,ဂျီ
• IPA^(key):/d͡ʑè/, /d͡ʑì/
• Romanization:MLCTS:hkye •ALA-LC:khye •BGN/PCGN:gye/gyi •Okell:hcei/hci

Particle

ချေ•(hkye)

1. used foreuphoniceffect; also used to soften the force of a request or a denial

Further reading

• “33”inBurmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms(Routledge 2001,→ISBN), byJohn Okelland Anna Allott.
• “ချေ”inThe Judson Burmese–English Dictionary(Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921),page 294.
• “ချေ”inMyanmar–English Dictionary(Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online atSEAlang.net.
• Okell, John(1969)A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese,London: Oxford University Press, page264
• “ချေ”inWörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch(VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.