ငါး

Burmese

Burmese cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ငါး (nga:)
    Ordinal : ပဉ္စမ (panyca.ma.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nga: • ALA-LC: ṅā″ • BGN/PCGN: nga: • Okell: ngà

Etymology 1

ငါး ငါးကောင် (nga: nga:kaung, “five fish”)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ꉬ (nge), Sikkimese ང (nga), Min Dong 五 (ngô, ngū)

Numeral

ငါး • (nga:) (digit ၅)

  1. five

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate with Newari ङ (ṅa), Tibetan ཉ (nya), and Min Dong 魚 (ngṳ̀).

Noun

ငါး • (nga:)

  1. fish
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