နင့်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪ̰ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: nang. • ALA-LC: naṅʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: nin. • Okell: níñ
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (naŋ "crammed, stuffed, tight"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)
Verb
နင့် • (nang.)
Derived terms
- စားပိုးနင့် (ca:pui:nang.)
- ဆို့နင့် (hcui.nang.)
- နင့်နင့်သီးသီးပြော (nang.nang.si:si:prau:)
- နင့်နာ (nang.na)
- နင့်သီး (nang.si:)
- နားနင့် (na:nang.)
- ရင်နင့် (rangnang.)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).
Pronoun
နင့် • (nang.)
- your
- you (used when addressing an equal or a younger person in an intimate way or to others in an impolite manner)
Derived terms
- နင့်နင့်သီးသီးပြော (nang.nang.si:si:prau:)
- သီးနင့် (si:nang.)
Further reading
- “နင့်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.