ချွေး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ခြုယ် (khruy), Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-grwəy² (“sweat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-(k/ŋ)rul (“sweat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰwé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hkywe: • ALA-LC: khyveʺ • BGN/PCGN: chwe: • Okell: hcweì

Noun

ချွေး • (hkywe:)

1. sweat; perspiration

   ချွေးစေး, ချွေးအေး ― hkywe:ce:, hkywe:e: ― clammy sweat

Derived terms

• ချွေးတပ် (hkywe:tap)
• ချွေးနှဲစာ (hkywe:hnai:ca)
• ချွေးပေါက် (hkywe:pauk)
• ချွေးပေါင်း (hkywe:paung:)
• ချွေးမ (hkywe:ma.)
• ချွေးသံ (hkywe:sam)

 

References

• “ချွေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• 1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告‎^[1], volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: