ချွေး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-grwəy² (“sweat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-(k/ŋ)rul (“sweat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰwé/

Romanization: MLCTS: hkywe: • ALA-LC: khyveʺ • BGN/PCGN: chwe: • Okell: hcweì

Noun

ချွေး • (hkywe:)

sweat; perspiration
ချွေးစေး, ချွေးအေး ― hkywe:ce:, hkywe:e: ― clammy sweat

Derived terms

ချွေးတပ် (hkywe:tap)
ချွေးနှဲစာ (hkywe:hnai:ca)
ချွေးပေါက် (hkywe:pauk)
ချွေးပေါင်း (hkywe:paung:)
ချွေးမ (hkywe:ma.)
ချွေးသံ (hkywe:sam)

References

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

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