အနက်

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Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: အ'နက်
  • IPA(key): /ʔənɛʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.nak • ALA-LC: ʼanakʻ • BGN/PCGN: ănet • Okell: ăneʔ

Etymology 1

From အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) + a component နက် (nak) of uncertain origin. STEDT gives no etymology (ə-nak "interpretation of a word, translation, version"), while Luce compares Old Chinese (OC *nuːbs, “interior, inner”) and Tibetan ནང (nang, internal, inside);[1] these appear phonetically problematic. A semantic extension of the "depth" sense in Etymology 2 also seems plausible, with shift "depth" > "heart of a matter" > "meaning".

Noun

အနက် (a.nak)

  1. meaning, definition
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Shan: ဢၼၢၵ်ႈ (ʼǎ nāak)

Etymology 2

အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ နက် (nak, deep).

Noun

အနက် (a.nak)

  1. depth

Etymology 3

အ- (a.-, nominal prefix) +‎ နက် (nak, black).

Noun

အနက် (a.nak)

  1. black (color)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ə-nak "among ( n. affix )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Postposition

အနက် (a.nak)

  1. postpositional marker suffixed to nouns to indicate selection from a set: out of, from, among

Conjunction

အနက် (a.nak)

  1. (literary) word used in joining sentences: out of

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AK Finals (19. Within; Belonging to; Meaning)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 67

Further reading

  • အနက်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 58.
  • အနက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.