နိမ့်

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Burmese

Etymology

According to STEDT, related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip (“to sink down, set, enter”), and thus related to Old Chinese 入 (OC *njub, “to enter”). Luce compares 攝 (OC *neːb, *ʔnjeb, “to take in”), from the same word family, as a relatively semantically closer comparandum.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nḛɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nim. • ALA-LC: nimʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: nein. • Okell: neíñ

Verb

နိမ့် • (nim.)

  1. to be lower (in status or elevation)
  2. to be shorter (in height)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-IM Finals (15. Low, Short; Lower, Nether)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 44

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