နိုင်

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Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nàɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nuing • ALA-LC: nuiṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: naing • Okell: naiñ

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly Sino–Tibetan: compare Tibetan ནུས (nus, be able to; capable; to withstand; capacity; strength; force; power; function; energy), Chinese (can, capable of).

Verb[edit]

နိုင် (nuing)

  1. can, be able
    ဒီနေ့ ကျွန်တော် မလာနိုင်ပါဘူး။
    dine. kywantau ma.lanuingpabhu:||
    I cannot come today.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Mon နာဲ.

Noun[edit]

နိုင် (nuing)

  1. (honorific) a title used by Mon men, in lieu of ကို (kui)

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