ညှိုး

• IPA^(key): /ɲ̊ó/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hnyui: • ALA-LC: ññhuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hnyo: • Okell: hnyoù

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-n(j/r)əw (“dark, withered, evil”); compare Jingpho [script needed] (nyui, “faded, wilted, withered”) (STEDT).

Despite MED erroneously grouping the "second finger" sense in Etymology 2 with the "wilt" sense, the two are etymologically distinct from each other, as corroborated by STEDT.

ညှိုး • (hnyui:)

1. to fade, wither, wilt

Sagart (2019) identifies this element as cognate with Chinese 手 (shǒu, “hand”) and reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C̥.nuʔ (“finger”) as their common etymon.

The compound also appears outside of Lolo-Burmese in Proto-Naish *lak ŋi (“finger”).

ညှိုး • (hnyui:)

1. (in compounds) second digit of a hand or foot

• “ညှိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.