နှစ်ဆယ်

Burmese

Etymology

နှစ် (hnac, “two”) +‎ ဆယ် (hcai, “ten”)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: နှစ်'ဆယ်
• IPA^(key): /n̥əsʰɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hnachcai • ALA-LC: nhacʻchayʻ • BGN/PCGN: hnăhsè • Okell: hnăhse

Numeral

နှစ်ဆယ် • (hnachcai) (digit ၂၀)

1. twenty

Usage notes

Round numbers above 20 are subject to a special rule, meaning the standard word order is flipped (ဘုန်းကြီးပါးနှစ်ဆယ် (bhun:kri:pa:hnachcai, “twenty monks”) as opposed to (ဘုန်းကြီး နှစ်ဆယ်ပါး (bhun:kri: hnachcaipa:, “monks twenty”).