နိုး

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See also: နီ, and နီး

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Burmese နိဝ် (niw).[1] By synchronic analysis, the simplex form of the causative နှိုး (hnui:, “to awaken someone”).

Verb

နိုး • (nui:)

Burmese verb set
Base နိုး (nui:)
Causativeနှိုး (hnui:)
  1. to wake up (from sleep)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Perhaps a semantically-extended particle usage of the "wake up" sense in Etymology 1?”

Particle

နိုး • (nui:)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb to denote hope or expectation
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2002 January 1) A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions‎, Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167

Further reading

  • “နိုး” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 586.
  • “နိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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