နှိုး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-nəw (“to awake, awaken”); cognate with Lahu [script needed] (nɔ̂, “to awaken from sleep”) (STEDT). Luce additionally compares Old Chinese 悟 (OC *ŋaːs, “to awaken, become aware”), 寤 (OC *ŋaːs, “to wake up”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /n̥ó/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hnui: • ALA-LC: nhuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: hno: • Okell: hnoù
Verb
[edit]နှိုး • (hnui:)
| Base | နိုး (nui:) |
|---|---|
| Causative | နှိုး (hnui:) |
Derived terms
[edit]- တမန်းနှိုး (ta.man:hnui:)
- နှိုးစက် (hnui:cak)
- နှိုးဆွ (hnui:hcwa.)
- နှိုးဆော် (hnui:hcau)
- နှိုးဆော်စာ (hnui:hcauca)
- သမန်းနှိုး (sa.man:hnui:)
References
[edit]- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (39. to Wake; to Awaken)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29
Further reading
[edit]- “နှိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.