ဆွေး

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰwé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcwe: • ALA-LC: chveʺ • BGN/PCGN: hswe: • Okell: hsweì

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *tswəj (“rot; pus”); compare Jingpho mə tsəwi (“pus”) (STEDT). The Tibeto-Burman root somewhat resembles a prefixed form of Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔoj (“to wither, fade”).

Verb

ဆွေး • (hcwe:)

  1. (of wood) to decay
  2. (of paper, cloth, etc.) to rot, be mildewed
Derived terms
  • ခေတ်ဆွေး (hkethcwe:)
  • ဆွေးမြည့် (hcwe:mrany.)
  • တိုက်ဆွေး (tuikhcwe:)
  • မြေဆွေး (mrehcwe:)
  • သစ်ဆွေးမြေ (sachcwe:mre)
  • ဦးဆွေးဆံမြည့် (u:hcwe:hcammrany.)

Etymology 2

Verb

ဆွေး • (hcwe:)

  1. to grieve, be brokenhearted
Derived terms
  • ပူဆွေး (puhcwe:)
  • လွမ်းဆွေး (lwam:hcwe:)
  • အတွင်းဆွေး (a.twang:hcwe:)

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