ရှူးရှူးရှားရှား

Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, a reduplicative compound of ရှူး (hru:) +‎ ရှား (hra:, “rare, expensive”), with the first component invoking either the "taper" or "hiss" senses (the latter seems more likely). It is possible that the entire formation is of sound-symbolic origin, however.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃúʃúʃáʃá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hru:hru:hra:hra: • ALA-LC: rhūʺrhūʺrhāʺrhāʺ • BGN/PCGN: shu:shu:sha:sha: • Okell: hyùhyùhyàhyà

Adverb

ရှူးရှူးရှားရှား • (hru:hru:hra:hra:)

  1. heatedly, furiously

Further reading

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