ဂငယ်ကွေ့

Burmese

Etymology

ဂငယ် (ga.ngai, the Burmese letter ဂ) +‎ ကွေ့ (kwe., turn), referring to the shape of the letter (ga.).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ဂငယ်ဂွေ့
  • IPA(key): /ɡa̰ŋɛ̀ɡwḛ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ga.ngai-kwe. • ALA-LC: gaṅayʻkveʹ • BGN/PCGN: ga.ngègwe. • Okell: gángekweí

Noun

ဂငယ်ကွေ့ • (ga.ngai-kwe.)

  1. U-turn

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