အန်

See also: အားနာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: an • ALA-LC: ʼanʻ • BGN/PCGN: an • Okell: añ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *wan (“nauseated; to vomit”). Cognate with Manipuri [script needed] (ong, “vomit”), Jingpho [script needed] (wòn, “nauseated”) (STEDT).

Verb

အန် • (an)

1. to overflow, spill over
2. to vomit, retch, bring up
3. to induce vomiting
4. (figuratively) to discard, forswear
5. (figuratively) to unburden oneself

Synonyms

• အော့ (au.)
• အော့အန် (au.an)

Derived terms

• ငါးကြီးအန်ဖတ် (nga:kri:anhpat)
• မြွေအန် (mrwean)
• အန်ဆေး (anhce:)
• အန်ထွက် (anhtwak)
• အန်ဖတ် (anhpat)
• အော့အန် (au.an)

Etymology 2

The "strength" sense is derived from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔan (“strength”), whence also Jingpho [script needed] (ʔàn, “in full strength”). The Tibeto-Burman root bears strong resemblance to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *k/l/ʔ-wan (“swift, strong, violent”) (whence the second syllable of Jingpho [script needed] (ǹ-gùn, “strength”); Old Chinese 拳 (OC *ɡron, “force; fist”), though connected by STEDT, is probably not related), and may be allofamic with it (STEDT).

The "dice" sense is not given etymology by STEDT (an "die"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. MED groups "dice" with "strength" (as well as "vomit"), though it is unclear if it is related to either term.

Noun

အန် • (an)

1. strength, power
2. die, dice (a kind of gaming object)
3. a game played with dice
4. (same as အန်ချင်း (anhkyang:)) a type of song sung by raftmen; a song chanted when throwing dice

Derived terms

• ကြွေအန် (krwean)
• မထွေးနိုင်မအန်နိုင် (ma.htwe:nuingma.annuing)
• လက်အန်သေ (lak-anse)
• အန်ခတ် (anhkat)
• အန်ချင်း (anhkyang:)
• အန်စာ (anca)
• အန်တလင်း (anta.lang:)
• အန်တု (antu.)
• အန်တုဖက်ပြိုင် (antu.hpakpruing)
• အန်တုဗလပြု (antu.ba.la.pru.)
• အန်ထောင် (anhtaung)
• အန်လက်ပစ် (anlakpac)
• အားအန် (a:an)

Further reading

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