နေထွက်

Burmese

Etymology

နေ (ne, “sun”) +‎ ထွက် (htwak, “to come out”). Chinese 日出 (rìchū, “sunrise”) is an exact cognate by components (though whether both terms were inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan or formed independently from their respective cognate roots is unknown).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nètʰwɛʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nehtwak • ALA-LC: nethvakʻ • BGN/PCGN: nehtwet • Okell: neihtweʔ

Verb

နေထွက် • (nehtwak)

1. to rise (as the sun)

   Antonym: နေဝင် (newang)

Derived terms

(Adverbs)

• နေထွက်နေဝင် (nehtwaknewang)

(Nouns)

• နေထွက်ဘုရင် (nehtwakbhu.rang)

Further reading

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