ကျေးဇူး

Burmese

Etymology

Said by the Myanmar–English Dictionary to be borrowed from Pali kataññutā (“gratitude”), from Sanskrit कृतज्ञता (kṛtajñatā, “gratitude”), but this seems phonologically unlikely.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕézú/

Romanization: MLCTS: kye:ju: • ALA-LC: kyeʺjūʺ • BGN/PCGN: kye:zu: • Okell: ceìzù

Noun

ကျေးဇူး • (kye:ju:)

gratitude

Derived terms

ကျေးဇူးကန်း (kye:ju:kan:)
ကျေးဇူးခံကျေးဇူးစား (kye:ju:hkamkye:ju:ca:)
ကျေးဇူးတင် (kye:ju:tang)
ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ (kye:ju:pru.rwe)
ကျေးဇူးရှင် (kye:ju:hrang)
ကျေးဇူးရှိ (kye:ju:hri.)
ကျေးဇူးသိ (kye:ju:si.)
မွေးကျေးဇူး (mwe:kye:ju:)
အကျိုးကျေးဇူး (a.kyui:kye:ju:)

Descendants

Pa'o Karen: အာႏမခံႏ
Jingpho: chyeju
Shan: ၵေးၸူး (kée tsúu), ၵျေးၸူး (kjée tsúu)

References

“ကျေးဇူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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