နီၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen [Term?]. Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဏင်း (náɴ).

Noun

နီၣ် • (naẁ)

1. grass, weed

Etymology 2

Cognate with Eastern Pwo နောတ် (nó).

Noun

နီၣ် • (naẁ)

1. Used as the first component in nominal compounds indicating an instrument.

Compounds

• နီၣ်ကွး (naẁ kwä)
• နီၣ်ဝံာ် (naẁ weẹ)

 

Etymology 3

Compare Eastern Pwo ဏင့် (nâɴ).

Verb

နီၣ် • (naẁ)

1. drive

   ယနီၣ်ကါသ့.

   yanaẁkah thay .

   I can drive a car.

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