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ကျားကျားလျားလျား

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Burmese

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Etymology

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ကျား (kya:) is a contracted form of ယောက်ျား (a male person).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ကျားဂျားလျားလျား
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕád͡ʑájájá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kya:kya:lya:lya: • ALA-LC: kyāʺkyāʺlyāʺlyāʺ • BGN/PCGN: kya:gya:ya:ya: • Okell:càyàyà

Adverb

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ကျားကျားလျားလျား (kya:kya:lya:lya:)

  1. boldly[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 ကျားကျားလျားလျား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 214.