ချေ

Burmese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ချေ • (hkye)

1. to rub out
2. to cancel
3. to settle (debts)
4. to pay (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. to sneeze

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *d-kəy (“barking deer, deer”). Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo ci (“deer”), Naxi qiq (“muntjac”), S'gaw Karen တခံ (takhee, “deer”), Jingpho chäkhji (“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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology 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 for euphonic effect; also used to soften the force of a request or a denial

Further reading

• “33” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “ချေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 294.
• “ချေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, page 264
• “ချေ” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.