နောင်
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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /nàʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: naung • ALA-LC: noṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: naung • Okell: nauñ
Adjective
[edit]နောင် • (naung)
Usage notes
[edit]Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).
Synonyms
[edit]- နောက် (nauk) (informal, colloquial)
Noun
[edit]နောင် • (naung)
- (dated, regional) elder brother of a male (primarily used in compound words)
Usage notes
[edit]The term has largely been displaced by အစ်ကို (ackui), which in pre-colonial times referenced the elder brother of a female.
Derived terms
[edit]- ကြေးနောင် (kre:naung)
- ညီနောင် (nyinaung)
- တူသားနောင်မယ် (tusa:naungmai)
- နောင်ကြီး (naungkri:)
References
[edit]- “နောင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Tavoyan
[edit]Noun
[edit]နောင် (transliteration needed)
- (honorific) Form of address for younger men