ယောက္ခထီး
Burmese
Etymology
ယောက္ခ (yaukhka.) + -ထီး (-hti:, “male suffix”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The first component ယောက္ခ isn't in MED on its own but seems to denote "in-laws".”)
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: ယောက်ခ'ထီး
- IPA(key): /jaʊʔkʰətʰí/
- Romanization: MLCTS: yaukhka.hti: • ALA-LC: yokkhathīʺ • BGN/PCGN: yaukhkăhti: • Okell: yauʔhkăhtì
Noun
ယောက္ခထီး • (yaukhka.hti:)
- father-in-law
- Synonym: ယောက္ခမယောက်ျားသူ
Coordinate terms
- ခယ်မ (hkaima., “sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”)
- ချွေးမ (hkywe:ma., “daughter-in-law”)
- ခဲအို (hkai:ui, “brother-in-law (older sister's husband)”)
- မတ် (mat, “brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)”)
- မရီး (ma.ri:, “sister-in-law (older brother's wife)”)
- ယောက္ခမ (yaukhka.ma., “parents-in-law”)
- ယောက်ဖ (yaukhpa., “brother-in-law (general)”)
- ယောင်းမ (yaung:ma., “sister-in-law (general)”)
- သားမက် (sa:mak, “son-in-law”)
Further reading
- “ယောက္ခထီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.