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အကျိုး

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: အ'ကျိုး
  • IPA(key): /ʔət͡ɕó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.kyui: • ALA-LC: ʼakyuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: ăkyo: • Okell: ăcoù

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Burmese အက္လိဝ် (akliw).[1] By surface analysis, အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ ကျိုး (kyui:, effect).

Noun

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အကျိုး (a.kyui:)

  1. consequence, result, effect[2]
    Synonym: ရလဒ် (ra.lad)
    Antonym: အကြောင်း (a.kraung:)
  2. advantage, profit, benefit[2]
    Synonym: ကျေးဇူး (kye:ju:)
    အကျိုးနှစ်ဖြာa.kyui:hnachpratwo rewards[2]
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Shan: ဢၵျူဝ်း (ʼǎ kjó)

Etymology 2

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အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ ကျိုး (kyui:, to break).

Noun

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အကျိုး (a.kyui:)

  1. thing broken
  2. lame person

References

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  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2002 January 1) A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions[1], Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 အကျိုး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 9.

Further reading

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