နော်

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Burmese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Is the honorific sense borrowed from S'gaw Karen ? Note similarities in usage and pronunciation for the particle sense, though likely coincidental, to Japanese (ne).”

Pronunciation

Particle

နော် (nau)

  1. (colloquial) Used to make a question more polite; seeks agreement; softens a request; all right?, OK?
    သွားမယ်နော်
    swa:mainau||
    I’m going now, OK?
    ဆောရီးနော်
    hcau:ri:nau||
    I’m sorry.

Derived terms

Noun

နော် (nau)

  1. (honorific) a title used by S'gaw Karen women

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