what

အင်္ဂလိပ်

အသံထွက်

• (AusE) IPA^(key): /wɔt/
• (UK, NZ) IPA^(key): /hwŏt/, /wŏt/ IPA^(key): /ʍɒt/, /wɒt/

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• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /hwŭt, wŭt/, IPA^(key): /ʍʌt/, /wʌt/
  • (Canada, US, unstressed) IPA^(key): /[wʌˀ]/, /[wʌɾ]/

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နာမ်စား

• what (wŏt)

1. ဘယ်အရာ၊ ဘယ်အခြေအနေ စသည် : used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.
2. ထိုအရာ၊ မည်သူ။ That; which; who.
   • 1902, J. M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton:

     That’s her; that’s the thing what has stole his heart from me.

3. That which; those that; the thing that.
4. ဘာပဲဖြစ်ဖြစ်၊ Whatever.

ကြိယာဝိသေသန

• what (wŏt)

1. In some manner or degree; in part; partly. what with တွင်လည်းကြည့်ပါ။
2. ကဲ့သို့
3. Why?
   • (Can we date this quote?) Chaucer

     What should I tell the answer of the knight?

   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     But what do I stand reckoning upon advantages and gains lost by the misrule and turbulency of the prelates?

4. Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
   • တမ်းပလိတ်:RQ:Mlry MrtDrthr:

     And as for on C good knyghtes I haue my self / but I fawte / l / for so many haue ben slayne in my dayes / and so Ladegreans delyuerd his doughter Gweneuer vnto Merlyn / and the table round with the C knyghtes / and so they rode fresshly with grete royalte / what by water and what by land / tyl that they came nyghe vnto london

5. wat ၏ မူကွဲ ပုံစံ (used to contradict an assumption)

အာမေဍိတ်

• what (wŏt)

1. အံ့ဩခြင်း သို့မဟုတ် မယုံနိုင်ခြင်းကို ဖော်ပြခြင်း
   • 1605 Wm. Shakespeare, King Lear

     What, have his daughters brought him to this pass?

   What! That’s amazing.

2. မေးမြန်းသူအား ပြန်လည်တုံပြန်ခြင်း
3. what do you say ၏ အတိုအသံထွက်?
   • 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

     Chuffy: WHAT? No, no, no, no, no. My casa is your casa, what?

   It’s a nice day, what?

4. ဘာပြောလိုက်တာလဲ။ What did you say? I beg your pardon?