​ကျေး

Burmese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ကျေး
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕé/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ​ကျေး • ALA-LC: ​ကျေး • BGN/PCGN: kye: • Okell: ceì

Noun

​ကျေး • (​kye:)

  1. a bird, especially parrot and parakeet.

Derived terms

  • ကျေးကျုတ် (kye:kyut)
  • ကျေးကုလား (kye:ku.la:)
  • ကျေးငှက် (kye:hngak)
  • ကျေးသား (kye:sa:)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Malayalam കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ) A variant spelling Burmese ကျည်း (kyany:) also exists.

Noun

​ကျေး • (​kye:)

  1. Tamil people
  2. southern Indian people

Further reading

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