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နစ်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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STEDT doesn't give an etymology for the word (nac "sink into, be immersed"), while Luce compares Old Chinese (OC *niːɡ, “black mud”),[1] and Schuessler (OC *njewɢ, *neːwɢ, “to drown, submerge”).

Verb

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Burmese verb set
Base နစ် (nac)
Causativeနှစ် (hnac)

နစ် (nac)

  1. to sink
  2. to drown
  3. (archaic) to embed
  4. to retreat; to back out
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English nib.

Noun

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နစ် (nac)

  1. nib (of a pen)

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AC Finals (14. to Go back; Sink; Sediment)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 58

Further reading

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