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Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *now (“tender, soft”). Cognate with Old Chinese 柔 (OC *mlju, “soft, supple”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Verb
နူး • (nu:)
- to be tender, become soft
- အမဲသား နူးပြီ ― a.mai:sa: nu:pri ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- ရေစိမ်ထားသောစက္ကူနူး ― recimhta:sau:cakkunu: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (figuratively) to be clever and sharp
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