ငှား
Burmese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ငှါး(hnga:)
Etymology
[edit]FromProto-Lolo-Burmese*s/ʔ-ŋa²(“to borrow, lend”),fromProto-Tibeto-Burman*r/s-ŋ(y)a(“idem”).Cognate withAkha[script needed](ŋà,“to borrow, lend”),Tibetanབརྙན(brnyan,“to borrow”)(STEDT); Luce additionally adducesOld ChineseNgụ(OC*ŋos,“to dwell; to attribute” ) as a cognate.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key):/ŋ̊á/
- Romanization:MLCTS:hnga: •ALA-LC:ṅhāʺ •BGN/PCGN:hnga: •Okell:hngà
Verb
[edit]ငှား•(hnga:)
- toborrow,hire(onpayment),rent
- tolend,loan,hire(on payment),let
- အိမ်ငှား―imhnga:―(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
[edit]- ချေးငှား(hkye:hnga:)
- ငှားရမ်း(hnga:ram:)
- စာရင်းငှား(carang:hnga:)
- မြေငှား(mrehnga:)
- လူငှား(luhnga:)
- သူရင်းငှား(surang:hnga:)
- အငှား(a.hnga:)
- အိမ်ငှား(imhnga:)
References
[edit]- ^Luce, G. H.(1981) “-A Finals (31. to Borrow or Lend (things)”, inA Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan,London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London,→ISBN,page 2
Further reading
[edit]- “ငှား”inMyanmar–English Dictionary(Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online atSEAlang.net.