ညှိ

Burmese

Etymology

The "slime" sense is not explicitly mentioned by MED, with only its compound words included, though it appears to be etymologically distinct from the "level" and "compare" senses, being related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nyak (dirt, filth) by STEDT; see ညစ် (nyac, to be dirty) for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲ̊ḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hnyi. • ALA-LC: ññhi • BGN/PCGN: hnyi. • Okell: hnyí

Verb

ညှိ • (hnyi.)

  1. to level (ground)
  2. to compare
  3. (in the sense of the abbreviation cf) to confer
  4. to coordinate, come to terms
  5. to line up or dress
  6. to tune
  7. to ignite, light (a fire, cigarette, etc.)

Noun

ညှိ • (hnyi.)

  1. (in compounds) moss, slime

Derived terms

(Note that the "slime" sense is grouped with the others by MED):

  • ကြေးညှိ (kre:hnyi.)
  • ညှိနှိုင်း (hnyi.hnuing:)
  • တန်းညှိ (tan:hnyi.)
  • ထွန်းညှိ (htwan:hnyi.)
  • ပေါင်းစပ်ညှိနှိုင်း (paung:caphnyi.hnuing:)
  • မြေညှိစက် (mrehnyi.cak)
  • မီးညှိ (mi:hnyi.)
  • ရေညှိ (rehnyi.)
  • ရေညှိတက် (rehnyi.tak)
  • ရေညှိရောင် (rehnyi.raung)
  • သွေးညှိ (swe:hnyi.)
  • သူခိုးသေဖော်ညှိ (suhkui:sehpauhnyi.)
  • သေဖော်ညှိ (sehpauhnyi.)
  • အဖော်ညှိ (a.hpauhnyi.)

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