အို

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See also: အိုး

Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Has been taken as inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ga (“old”), whence Old Chinese 故 (OC *kaːs, “old things; former; dead”) and Tibetan རྒ (rga, “to be old; aged”) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?); however, the phonetics are dubious, and STEDT does not link the Burmese to the Sino-Tibetan root (ui "old (of persons)"). Luce gives Old Chinese 嫗 (OC *qos, “old woman; to warm-nurse”) as a cognate, though the Chinese is thought to be related to ဥ (u., “egg”) instead.

Adjective

အို • (ui)

  1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years), aged, infirm
  2. decrepit, dilapidated

Verb

အို • (ui)

  1. to show distress
  2. (archaic) to be prolonged
  3. to be married

Derived terms

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Likely imitative.

Particle

အို • (ui)

  1. word used in addressing someone: oh!

Interjection

အို • (ui)

  1. word expressing surprise, pity, disapprobation, etc.: oh

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English o.

Noun

အို • (ui)

  1. the Latin letter O/o

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (1. to be Old; Old age)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 27

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