ခဲ့

See also: ခ, ခံ, and ခွဲ

Burmese

Pronunciation

(after /ʔ/)

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkai. • ALA-LC: khaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: hkè. • Okell: hké

(after /ɴ/ and vowels)

• Phonetic respelling: ဂဲ့
• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkai. • ALA-LC: khaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: gè. • Okell: hké

Particle

ခဲ့ • (hkai.)

1. particle suffixed to verbs to emphasize definitiveness of an action or condition
2. (with verbs of motion) here (toward the speaker), hither

   လာခဲ့။

   lahkai.||

   Come here.

Antonyms

• သွား (swa:)

Further reading

• “ခဲ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “ခဲ့” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.