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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 (nɛ⁵⁵ "few / little"). Luce compares Old Chinese罕 (OC *qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns, “rare, few”) and Tibetanཉུང(nyung, “a little, a few, some”),[1] though the Old Chinese pronunciation doesn't particularly match. Apparently not to be confused with ငယ်(ngai, “small, little; young”), despite superficially similar semantics and phonetics.”
Traditionally considered (by Judson, MED, etc.) to be borrowed from Palinaya(“leading”); in this latter case, the word would be a doublet of နယ(na.ya.).
However, in light of a potential cognate in Lai(niŋ, “way, method, custom”), which has similar phonetics and semantics, but which traditionally has had little to no contact with Indic civilization, the Pali derivation becomes less likely, as the words may stem from a Proto-Tibeto-Burman*niŋ(“way, method, custom”) (STEDT).
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT. Luce compares Old Chinese耳 (OC *njɯʔ) in its "auxiliary word" sense.[2]”
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AŇ Finals (35. Few)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 63
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AŇ Finals (36. ?, Question mark Final)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 63