ငှား
Burmese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ငှါး (hnga:)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-ŋa² (“to borrow, lend”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r/s-ŋ(y)a (“idem”). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (ŋà, “to borrow, lend”), Tibetan བརྙན (brnyan, “to borrow”) (STEDT); Luce additionally adduces Old Chinese 寓 (OC *ŋos, “to dwell; to attribute”) as a cognate.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ŋ̊á/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hnga: • ALA-LC: ṅhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hnga: • Okell: hngà
Verb
[edit]ငှား • (hnga:)
- to borrow, hire (on payment), rent
- to lend, loan, hire (on payment), let
- အိမ်ငှား ― imhnga: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
[edit]- ချေးငှား (hkye:hnga:)
- ငှားရမ်း (hnga:ram:)
- စာရင်းငှား (carang:hnga:)
- မြေငှား (mrehnga:)
- လူငှား (luhnga:)
- သူရင်းငှား (surang:hnga:)
- အငှား (a.hnga:)
- အိမ်ငှား (imhnga:)
References
[edit]- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (31. to Borrow or Lend (things)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 2
Further reading
[edit]- “ငှား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.