နှစ်ဆယ်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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နှစ် (hnac, two) +‎ ဆယ် (hcai, ten)

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: နှစ်'ဆယ်
  • IPA(key): /n̥əsʰɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hnachcai • ALA-LC: nhacʻchayʻ • BGN/PCGN: hnăhsè • Okell: hnăhse

Numeral

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နှစ်ဆယ် (hnachcai) (digit ၂၀)

  1. twenty

Usage notes

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Round numbers above 20 are subject to a special rule, meaning the standard word order is flipped (ဘုန်းကြီးပါးနှစ်ဆယ် (bhun:kri:pa:hnachcai, twenty monks) as opposed to (ဘုန်းကြီး နှစ်ဆယ်ပါး (bhun:kri: hnachcaipa:, monks twenty).