င

See also: ၚ

င U+1004, င MYANMAR LETTER NGA ← ဃ [U+1003] Myanmar စ → [U+1005]

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nga. • ALA-LC: ṅa • BGN/PCGN: nga. • Okell: ngá

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Etymology 1

Letter

င • (nga.)

1. Nga, the fifth letter of the Burmese alphabet

Noun

င • (nga.)

1. name of the letter င, the fifth letter of the Myanmar alphabet

Derived terms

• ငရဲငအုံ (nga.rai:nga.um)
• နင်ပဲငဆ (nangpai:nga.hca.)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

Verb

င • (nga.)

1. to be of sufficient quantity to go round

Derived terms

• ကိုယ်စီကိုယ်င (kuiycikuiynga.)
• ကုံင (kumnga.)
• စေ့င (ce.nga.)
• လောက်င (lauknga.)
• အစေ့အင (a.ce.a.nga.)

Etymology 3

Particle

င • (nga.)

1. (honorific, derogatory) particle prefixed to a man's name (now considered to be derogatory)

Derived terms

• ငချွတ် (nga.hkywat)
• ငစဉ်းလဲ (nga.cany:lai:)
• ငတိ (nga.ti.)
• ငတေ (nga.te)
• ငနဲ (nga.nai:)
• ငပုပ်ဖမ်း (nga.puphpam:)
• ငမှန်ကန်သိုက် (nga.hmankansuik)
• ငမိုက်သား (nga.muiksa:)
• ငှက်ငနွား (hngaknga.nwa:)
• ရှဉ့်ငပေါ (hrany.nga.pau:)
• လငပုပ်ဖမ်း (la.nga.puphpam:)

Further reading

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

S'gaw Karen

Letter

င • (nga)

1. Nga, the fifth letter of the S'gaw Karen alphabet, called ငးဒူၣ်ချၢ (ngä doò khluh) in S'gaw Karen.

Western Pwo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaʔ/

Letter

င (transliteration needed)

1. The 5th letter of the Western Pwo alphabet, called ငၭ in Western Pwo.