စမ်း
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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sáɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: cam: • ALA-LC: camʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: san: • Okell: sàñ
Particle
[edit]စမ်း • (cam:)
- (colloquial) Indicates urgency in an imperative.
- ပြောစမ်းပါအုံး
- prau:cam:paum:
- Please tell me!
- မလုပ်စမ်းပါနဲ့
- ma.lupcam:panai.
- Do not do that!
Further reading
[edit]- “စမ်း” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
- “စမ်း” 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 402