ဩ
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Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɔ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: au: • ALA-LC: o • BGN/PCGN: aw: • Okell: ò
Etymology 1
Letter
ဩ • (au:)
- An independent vowel letter of the Burmese alphabet.
Etymology 2
Particle
ဩ • (au:)
- (archaic) word inserted in speech to denote deference
Derived terms
- ကရင်ဩသံ (ka.rang-au:sam)
- အံ့ဩ (am.au:)
- ဩအည်းလိုက် (au:any:luik)
Further reading
- “ဩ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
Etymology
Perhaps an old Chinese loan, from Chinese 澳. Shared lexeme across several mainland Southeast Asian languages, including Burmese အော် (au) and Thai อ่าว (àao).[1]
Noun
ဩ (au)
Interjection
ဩ (au)
- oh!
Letter
ဩ (ʼa)
- ʼAu, the ninth vowel of the modern Mon alphabet.
References
- ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges, page 12