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အိုင်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔàɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: uing • ALA-LC: ʼuiṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: aing • Okell: aiñ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (uiŋ "stagnant; pond, lake"). Probably a Mon loan, given the word's -uing final. All definitions appear to convey a general sense of "collected stagnant mass (like a pond)".”

Noun

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အိုင် (uing)

  1. pond, puddle, pool
  2. (same as အိုင်ချင်း (uinghkyang:)) folk song beginning with the phrase ချစ်တဲ့သူငယ်လေ (hkyactai.su-ngaile), sung by paddy transplanters

Verb

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အိုင် (uing)

  1. (of water, liquid) to collect on a surface
  2. (of tears) to flood, swamp
  3. (figuratively, of dramatic and literary works) to be drawn out
  4. to resound

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English i.

Noun

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အိုင် (uing)

  1. the Latin letter I/i

Further reading

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