ဣ

ဣ U+1023, ဣ
MYANMAR LETTER I
← ဢ
[U+1022] 		Myanmar ဤ →
[U+1024]

Translingual

Pronunciation
  • (Burmese) IPA(key): /ʔḭ/

Letter

ဣ

  1. Indic independent vowel letter 'i', notably part of the Burmese alphabet.

Mon

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i/
  • (file)

Adverb

ဣ (i)

  1. always followed by ရ (ra) prefect particle.
    အမှုဗှ်ေဖျုဲထောံဣရဟာ။
    ʼamhu bhe phyuy thoṃ ʼira hā.
    They have postponed to hearing your case.
    တ္ၚဲဗ္ဒန်အာဒဵုဣရ။
    tṅoa bdanʼā deu ʼira.
    The sun has disappeared behind the hills.

Trivia

Halliday[1] treats the whole sequence ဣရ as a single "verb[al] affix denoting the past, chiefly applied to speaking".

Letter

ဣ (i)

  1. ʼI, the third vowel of the modern Mon alphabet.

References
  1. R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎, Bangkok: Siam Society, page 24
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