ကျေးလက်

Burmese

Etymology

ကျေး (kye:, “village”) +‎ လက် (lak, “hand, arm”), probably denoting a hamlet as smaller than a regular village in the same way an arm is smaller than a whole body.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕélɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kye:lak • ALA-LC: kyeʺlakʻ • BGN/PCGN: kye:let • Okell: ceìleʔ

Noun

ကျေးလက် • (kye:lak)

  1. hamlet

Further reading

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