အောင်း

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See also: အောင်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔáʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: aung: • ALA-LC: ʼoṅʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: aung: • Okell: aùñ

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Probably a colloquial variant of အောက် (auk).”

Verb

အောင်း (aung:)

  1. (same as အောက် (auk)) to decoy a wild elephant into a keddah by means of a trained female elephant
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ôŋ "Tibetan bull"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

အောင်း (aung:)

  1. yak
  2. a kind of medieval stringed instrument
  3. (also အောင်းကလေး (aung:ka.le:)) tassels adorning lances or helms of boats
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Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ôŋ "rest, remain still; lie dormant; hide"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Note a resemblance to Old Chinese (OC *qɯnʔ, *qɯns, “to hide, conceal”).

It is unclear if the "ram into" sense is etymologically connected to the "hide" sense, though MED groups them together.”

Verb

အောင်း (aung:)

  1. to be cooped up
  2. to hide
  3. to hibernate
  4. to remain stagnant
  5. to make an elephant shift logs by pushing with head
  6. (colloquial) to ram into something
    ရှေ့ကားကိုနောက်ကားကအောင်းhre.ka:kuinaukka:ka.aung:(please add an English translation of this usage example)
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