နေထွက်

Burmese

Etymology

နေ (ne, “sun”) +‎ ထွက် (htwak, “to come out”). Chinese 日出 (rìchū, “sunrise”) is an exact cognate by components (though whether both terms were inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan or formed independently from their respective cognate roots is unknown).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nètʰwɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nehtwak • ALA-LC: nethvakʻ • BGN/PCGN: nehtwet • Okell: neihtweʔ

Verb

နေထွက် • (nehtwak)

  1. to rise (as the sun)[1]
    Antonym: နေဝင် (newang)

Derived terms

(Adverbs)

  • နေထွက်နေဝင် (nehtwaknewang)

(Nouns)

References

  1. ^ “နေထွက်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 579.

Further reading

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