ရေ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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ရေ

Inherited from Old Burmese ရိယ် (riy), from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *rəj¹ (water), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rəj (water; liquid; body fluid). Cognate with Pela ɣəi⁵⁵, Tangut 𗋽 (*zjɨ̱r²), and Tshangla ri¹³ (STEDT).

Noun

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ရေ (re)

  1. water
    ရေ နှစ်ခွက်re hnachkwaktwo cups of water
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by Luce 1981, and doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT either. Could this be a particle usage of the "enumerate" sense in Etymology 3?”

Particle

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ရေ (re)

  1. word used as a suffix to the name of the person hailed

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsjəj (to count); see Old Chinese (OC *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ, “to count; number”) for more cognates (STEDT).

Verb

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ရေ (re)

  1. to count, enumerate
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Etymology 4

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k-rəj (skin). Cognate with Tibetan སྐྱི (skyi, outer skin) (STEDT), as well as, according to Luce, Old Chinese (OC *kril, “skin; muscle”).[1] STEDT also compares (OC *kreːds, “shell; to lie between”).

Noun

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ရေ (re)

  1. skin, hide, pelt
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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (87. Skin; Hide; Leather)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan[1], London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • ရေ” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 847.
  • ရေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ရေ

  1. Burmese script form of re, locative singular of (ra, the Pali letter 'r')