ဘယ်နှစ်

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Burmese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “ဘယ် (bhai) is the interrogative. What exactly is နှစ် (hnac) though? "Two" and "year" do not seem to be relevant interpretations.”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respellings: ဗယ်နှ', ဗယ်နှ
  • IPA(key): /bɛ̀n̥ə/, /bɛ̀n̥a̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhaihnac • ALA-LC: bhayʻnhacʻ • BGN/PCGN: bèhnă/bèhna. • Okell: behnă/behná

Usage notes

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The reduced form /bɛ̀n̥ə/ occurs immediately before another word; the full form /bɛ̀n̥a̰/ in isolation.

Determiner

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ဘယ်နှစ် (bhaihnac)

  1. how much, how many
    အုန်းသီး ဘယ်နှစ်လုံး ယူမလဲ။
    un:si: bhaihnaclum: yuma.lai:||
    How many coconuts are you going to take?

Usage notes

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Takes the same syntactic position as a numeral, namely after the noun and before the numeral classifier.

Synonyms

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References

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  • ဘယ်နှစ်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.