နူး

See also: နူ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender, soft”). Cognate with Old Chinese 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft, supple”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nu: • ALA-LC: nūʺ • BGN/PCGN: nu: • Okell: nù

Verb

နူး • (nu:)

1. to be tender, become soft

   အမဲသား နူးပြီ ― a.mai:sa: nu:pri ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   ရေစိမ်ထားသောစက္ကူနူး ― recimhta:sau:cakkunu: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (figuratively) to be clever and sharp

Derived terms

• ကြည်နူး (kranynu:)
• နူးညံ့ (nu:nyam.)
• နူးညွတ် (nu:nywat)
• နူးနပ် (nu:nap)
• ပြုတ်မနူး (prutma.nu:)
• မနူးမနပ် (ma.nu:ma.nap)
• ဝမ်းနူး (wam:nu:)

 

Further reading

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