ဂငယ်ကွေ့

Burmese

Etymology

ဂငယ် (ga.ngai, “the Burmese letter ဂ”) +‎ ကွေ့ (kwe., “turn”), referring to the shape of the letter ဂ (ga.).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: ဂငယ်ဂွေ့
• IPA^(key): /ɡa̰ŋɛ̀ɡwḛ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ga.ngai-kwe. • ALA-LC: gaṅayʻkveʹ • BGN/PCGN: ga.ngègwe. • Okell: gángekweí

Noun

ဂငယ်ကွေ့ • (ga.ngai-kwe.)

1. U-turn

Further reading

• “ဂငယ်ကွေ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.