နေ

See also: နေ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nè/

Romanization: MLCTS: ne • ALA-LC: ne • BGN/PCGN: ne • Okell: nei

Etymology 1

နေ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nəj (“sun, day”).

Noun

နေ • (ne)

sun

Derived terms

ညနေ (nya.ne)

Proper noun

နေ • (ne)

A unisex given name

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-na-s (“to stay, to live, to dwell, to be”).

Verb

နေ • (ne)

to stay
to live, dwell

Particle

နေ • (ne)

suffixed to a verb to denote a continuing process (progressive aspect)
ဘာ လုပ်နေသလဲ။
bha lupnesa.lai:||
What are you doing?

References

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

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