နိုး

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Burmese နိဝ် (niw).[1] By synchronic analysis, the simplex form of the causative နှိုး (hnui:, to awaken someone).

Verb

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နိုး (nui:)

Burmese verb set
Base နိုး (nui:)
Causativeနှိုး (hnui:)
  1. to wake up (from sleep)
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Perhaps a semantically-extended particle usage of the "wake up" sense in Etymology 1?”

Particle

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နိုး (nui:)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb to denote hope or expectation
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References

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  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2002 January 1) A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions[1], Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167

Further reading

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  • နိုး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 586.
  • နိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.