ၼဝ်ႈ

See also: နွံ, ၼိဝ်ႉ, ၼိူဝ်, ၼိူဝ်ႉ, ၼူဝ်, ၼဵဝ်, ၼွႆႉ, ၼႂ်, ၼႂ်း, ꩫိူဝ်ႇ, and ꩫႂ်း

Shan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *nawᴮ², from Proto-Tai *nawᴮ. Cognate with Thai เน่า (nâo), Northern Thai ᨶᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ, Lao ເນົ່າ (nao), Lü ᦓᧁᧈ (naw¹), Ahom 𑜃𑜧 (naw) or 𑜃𑜧𑜈𑜫 (naww), Zhuang naeuh, Saek เหน้า.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naw˧˧˨/

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• Rhymes: -aw

Verb

ၼဝ်ႈ • (nāo) (abstract noun လွင်ႈၼဝ်ႈ)

1. be putrid, rotten

   ၼမ်ႉမဵၼ်ၼဝ်ႈ

   nâ̰m mǎennāo

   The water stinks.

   မီးဢၢႆမဵၼ်တူႇမဵၼ်ၼဝ်ႈၵႃႈၼႂ်းဝဵင်း

   míi ʼǎai mǎen tùu mǎennāokāa náue wáeng

   There was a stinking, putrid smell in the city.

Derived terms

• ၵူမ်ႇၼဝ်ႈ (kùum nāo)
• တူဝ်ၼဝ်ႈ (tǒ nāo)
• တူႇၼဝ်ႈ (tùu nāo)
• ထူဝ်ႇၼဝ်ႈ (thò nāo)

 

References

• Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.