စာမေးပွဲ

Burmese

Etymology

စာ (ca, “writing”) +‎ မေး (me:, “to ask”) +‎ ပွဲ (pwai:, “contest”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: စာမေးဗွဲ, စာမွဲ
• IPA^(key): /sàmébwɛ́/, /sàmwɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: came:pwai: • ALA-LC: cāmeʺpvai • BGN/PCGN: same:bwè:/sa-mwè: • Okell: sameìpwè/samwè

Usage notes

The shorter pronunciation /sàmwɛ́/ is colloquial.

Noun

စာမေးပွဲ • (came:pwai:)

1. examination (formal test)

Further reading

• “စာမေးပွဲ” 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 21