အမွေခွဲ

Burmese

Etymology

အမွေ (a.mwe, “inheritance”) +‎ ခွဲ (hkwai:, “to split”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'မွေခွဲ
  • IPA(key): /ʔəmwèkʰwɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.mwehkwai: • ALA-LC: ʼamvekhvai • BGN/PCGN: ămwehkwè: • Okell: ămweihkwè

Verb

အမွေခွဲ • (a.mwehkwai:)

  1. (of heirs) to apportion shares from a deceased person's estate
  2. to divide inheritable property

Further reading

  • “အမွေခွဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “အမွေခွဲ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 88.
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