ကပ်စေးနှဲ

Burmese

Etymology

ကပ် (kap, “to come close, stick”) +‎ စေး (ce:, “sticky, clammy”) +‎ နှဲ (hnai:, “to knead, sticky”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ကပ်စေးနဲ/ကပ်စီးနဲ
  • IPA(key): /kaʔsénɛ́ / kaʔsínɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kapce:hnai: • ALA-LC: kapʻceʺnhai • BGN/PCGN: katse:nè: / katsi:nè: • Okell: kaʔseìnè / kaʔsìnè

Noun

ကပ်စေးနှဲ • (kapce:hnai:)

  1. stingy person, miserly person
  2. sticky candy
  3. burrweed (Xanthium strumarium)
  4. a grass of species Setaria forbesiana
  5. plants of Sida species
  6. aramina fibre (Urena lobata)

Verb

ကပ်စေးနှဲ • (kapce:hnai:)

  1. to be stingy

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