U+104F, ၏
MYANMAR SYMBOL GENITIVE

[U+104E]
Myanmar
[U+1050]

Translingual

Letter

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Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ဧအ်.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အိ
  • IPA(key): /ʔḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: e • ALA-LC: e* • BGN/PCGN: i. • Okell: í

Particle

• (e)

  1. (literary) of, ’s (indicating possession)
    အဖေ အိမ်a.hpee imFather’s house

Synonyms

Postposition

• (e)

  1. (literary) postpositional marker placed at the end of an affirmative sentence (followed by interrogative particle in the case of an interrogative sentence
    ကြိုဆိုပါkruihcuipaeWelcome

Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms

References

  1. ၍၊ ၌၊ ၏၊ ၎င်း အက္ခရာတွေ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာပုံ”, in BBC News မြန်မာ (in Burmese), 2018 March 12
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