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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-n(j/r)əw (“dark, withered, evil”); compare Jingpho (nyui, “faded, wilted, withered”) (STEDT).
Despite MED erroneously grouping the "second finger" sense in Etymology 2 with the "wilt" sense, the two are etymologically distinct from each other, as corroborated by STEDT.
Verb
ညှိုး • (hnyui:)
- to fade, wither, wilt
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Etymology 2
Sagart (2019) identifies this element as cognate with Chinese 手 (shǒu, “hand”) and reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *C̥.nuʔ (“finger”) as their common etymon.
The compound also appears outside of Lolo-Burmese in Proto-Naish *lak ŋi (“finger”).
Noun
ညှိုး • (hnyui:)
- (in compounds) second digit of a hand or foot
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