ကြည့်

See also: ကြည်, ကြည်း, ကြဉ်, and ကျဉ်း

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: krany. • ALA-LC: kraññʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: kyi. • Okell: cí

Verb

ကြည့် • (krany.)

  1. to look (to try to see), look at
    Synonyms: ကြည့်ရှု (krany.hru.), မြင် (mrang)

Derived terms
  • ကြည့်ရှု (krany.hru.)
  • ကြည့်ရှုစောင်မ (krany.hru.caungma.)
  • ချောင်းကြည့် (hkyaung:krany.)

Verb

ကြည့် • (krany.)

  1. an auxiliary denoting trial or attempt to do something
    မယုံရင် ငါ့အမေ့ကို မေးကြည့်။ ― ma.yum-rang nga.a.me.kui me:krany.|| ― If [you] don't believe [it], try asking my mother.[1]

Synonyms

References
  1. Jenny, Mathias, San San Hnin Tun (2016) Burmese: A Comprehensive Grammar‎, London and New York: Routledge, page 426

Further reading
  • “ကြည့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  • “ကြည့်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 229.
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