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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly Sino–Tibetan (which STEDT tentatively reconstructs as *m-nyaŋ (“can, be able”)), despite the -uing final which is more characteristic of Mon loans: compare Tibetan ནུས (nus, “be able to; capable; to withstand; capacity; strength; force; power; function; energy”), Old Chinese 能 (OC *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ, “can, capable of”), and see the Chinese for more.
Verb
နိုင် • (nuing)
- to win, conquer, prevail
- to domineer, overpower, overcome
- to be liberally enriched or endowed with; to have an abundance of something
- to manage, carry
- to master, excel in
- to be prone to
- particle suffixed to verbs to denote capability, probability or possibility: can, may, be able to, be likely to, etc.
ဒီနေ့ ကျွန်တော် မလာနိုင်ပါဘူး။- dine. kywantau ma.lanuingpabhu:||
- I cannot come today.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Mon နာဲ.
Noun
နိုင် • (nuing)
- (honorific) a title used by Mon men, in lieu of ကို (kui)
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