အထဲ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ထဲ (htai:, “within”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ထဲ
• IPA^(key): /ʔətʰɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.htai: • ALA-LC: ʼathai • BGN/PCGN: ăhtè: • Okell: ăhtè

Postposition

အထဲ • (a.htai:)

1. in, inside, within

   Synonym: အတွင်း (a.twang:)

Derived terms

• အထဲခံ (a.htai:hkam)

 

Further reading

• “အထဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “အထဲ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.