နေ

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See also: နေ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ne • ALA-LC: ne • BGN/PCGN: ne • Okell: nei
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Etymology 1

နေ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔnəj¹/³, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun; day”). Cognate with Old Chinese 日 (OC *njiɡ), Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma).

Noun

နေ • (ne)

  1. sun
Derived terms

Proper noun

နေ • (ne)

  1. a unisex given name from Proto-Sino-Tibetan or Sino-Tibetan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-na-s (“to stay, to live, to dwell, to be”).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “STEDT doesn't support this etymology. That said, if so, see also နား (na:, “to rest”).”

Verb

နေ • (ne)

  1. to stay
  2. to live, dwell
Derived terms

Particle

နေ • (ne)

  1. suffixed to a verb to denote a continuing process (progressive aspect)
    ဘာ လုပ်နေသလဲ။
    bha lupnesa.lai:||
    What are you doing?

Further reading

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Adjective

နေ

  1. Burmese script form of ne, which is accusative plural masculine of န (na, “that”)

Pronoun

နေ

  1. Burmese script form of ne, which is accusative plural of န (na, “him, it, that”)
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