နေင်ႏ

See also: နင်, နိုင်, and နှင့်

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *hneŋᴮ (“year”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *nin² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ː)ŋ ~ s-nik. Cognate with S'gaw Karen နံၣ် (neè), Western Pwo နံၪ့. Compare Western Kayah ꤔꤢ꤬ (nà).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /neŋ⁵⁵/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /neŋ³³/

Noun

နေင်ႏ (transliteration needed)

1. year

Synonyms

• နိန်ႏ (possibly from S'gaw Karen)