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Burmese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Burmese နိယ့် (niy'),
from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔnəj¹/³, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun; day”). By synchronic analysis, a creaky-tone variant of နေ (ne, “sun”).
Pronunciation
Noun
နေ့ • (ne.)
- daytime
- Antonym: ည (nya.)
- day (twenty-four hours)
- Synonym: ရက် (rak)
Derived terms
See also
- (units of time) နှစ် (hnac, “year”), လ (la., “month”), အပတ် (a.pat, “week”), ရက် (rak, “day”) / နေ့ (ne., “day”), နာရီ (nari, “hour”), မိနစ် (mi.nac, “minute”), စက္ကန့် (cakkan., “second”)
Further reading
- “နေ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
1999 March 15, 義郎 西, ヨシオ ニシ, Yoshio Nishi, “Old Burmese : Toward the History of Burmese”, in 国立民族学博物館研究報告, volume 23, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 659–692: