င
See also: ၚ
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Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋa̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: nga. • ALA-LC: ṅa • BGN/PCGN: nga. • Okell: ngá
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Etymology 1
Letter
င • (nga.)
- Nga, the fifth letter of the Burmese alphabet
Noun
င • (nga.)
- name of the letter င, the fifth letter of the Myanmar alphabet
Derived terms
- ငရဲငအုံ (nga.rai:nga.um)
- နင်ပဲငဆ (nangpai:nga.hca.)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)
Verb
င • (nga.)
- to be of sufficient quantity to go round
Derived terms
- ကိုယ်စီကိုယ်င (kuiycikuiynga.)
- ကုံင (kumnga.)
- စေ့င (ce.nga.)
- လောက်င (lauknga.)
- အစေ့အင (a.ce.a.nga.)
Etymology 3
Particle
င • (nga.)
- (honorific, derogatory) particle prefixed to a man's name (now considered to be derogatory)
Derived terms
- ငချွတ် (nga.hkywat)
- ငစဉ်းလဲ (nga.cany:lai:)
- ငတိ (nga.ti.)
- ငတေ (nga.te)
- ငနဲ (nga.nai:)
- ငပုပ်ဖမ်း (nga.puphpam:)
- ငမှန်ကန်သိုက် (nga.hmankansuik)
- ငမိုက်သား (nga.muiksa:)
- ငှက်ငနွား (hngaknga.nwa:)
- ရှဉ့်ငပေါ (hrany.nga.pau:)
- လငပုပ်ဖမ်း (la.nga.puphpam:)
Further reading
- “င” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
S'gaw Karen
Letter
င • (nga)
- Nga, the fifth letter of the S'gaw Karen alphabet, called ငးဒူၣ်ချၢ (ngä doò khluh) in S'gaw Karen.
Western Pwo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋaʔ/
Letter
င (transliteration needed)
- The 5th letter of the Western Pwo alphabet, called ငၭ in Western Pwo.