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ငါး

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ŋa², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (fish). Cognate with Newar (ṅa), Tibetan (nya), and Eastern Min (ngṳ̀).

Noun

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ငါး (nga:) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. fish
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa (five). Cognate with Nuosu (nge), Sikkimese (nga), Eastern Min (ngô, ngū).

Burmese numbers (edit)
50
 ←  4
5
6  → 
    Cardinal: ငါး (nga:)
    Ordinal: ပဉ္စမ (panyca.ma.)

Numeral

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ငါး (nga:) (digit )

  1. five
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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