နင်

See also: နိုင်, နှင့်, and နေင်း

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nang • ALA-LC: naṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: nin • Okell: niñ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-ŋ (“you”).

Pronoun

နင် • (nang)

1. (familiar, informal) you (singular, addressing a person younger than the speaker, otherwise rude)

Synonyms

• ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) (singular, polite, used by males)
• မင်း (mang:) (addressing peers or subordinates)
• ရှင် (hrang) (singular, polite, used by females)

Derived terms

• နင်တို့ (nangtui.)
• နင်ပဲငဆ (nangpai:nga.hca.)
• နင်လားငါလား (nangla:ngala:)

 

See also

Burmese personal pronouns

Burmese	Person	Level of speech	Remarks
ငါ (nga)	First	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau)	First	Formal	used by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.)	First	Formal	used by females
ကျွန်ုပ်	First	Informal
ကျုပ် (kyup)	First	Informal
နင် (nang)	Second	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:)	Second	Informal	used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:)	Second	Informal	used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau)	Second	Informal	used by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:)	Second	Formal	used by males
ရှင် (hrang)	Second	Formal	used by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang)	Second	Formal
သူ (su)	Third
သင်း (sang:)	Third
ချင်း (hkyang:)	Third

Etymology 2

(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

နင် • (nang)

1. (of foods) to be stuck in the throat
2. to be blocked

Further reading

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

Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naŋ/

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Verb

နင် (naṅ)

1. bring.