အပ်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-ra(p/m) (“needle”). Cognate with Drung wvp and Lolopo hhexr, as well as Old Chinese 針 (OC *kjum, *kjums, “needle”) (with the literature usually comparing the less-common variants 鍼 (OC *ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm) and 箴 (OC *kjɯm)) (STEDT).

MED groups the "put things together, proper" senses with the "needle" sense, though it is unclear whether they are etymologically related. Luce's comparison of the "proper" sense with Old Chinese 合 (OC *kuːb, *ɡuːb, “to join, fit”)^[1] is phonetically unsound.

• IPA^(key): /ʔaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ap • ALA-LC: ʼapʻ • BGN/PCGN: at • Okell: aʔ

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အပ် • (ap)

1. needle (implement for sewing etc.)
2. pin

အပ် • (ap)

1. (of face, etc.) to place or put things close together
2. to entrust, enroll
3. to place an order (with a tailor or shoemaker, etc.)
4. to be proper, appropriate

အပ် • (ap)

1. word suffixed to a verb to convey a sense of propriety: be proper, be appropriate

• “အပ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Borrowed from Burmese အပ် (ap).

• IPA^(key): /ɔp/

အပ် (ɔp)

1. to be suitable, agreeable, proper

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.