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နီး

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See also: နီ and နိုး

Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nəj(ʔ) (“to be near, close”). Cognate with Tibetan ཉེ་བ (nye ba, “near”) and Old Chinese 邇 (OC *njelʔ, “near”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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နီး • (ni:)

  1. to be near, be close, be imminent

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Further reading

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Western Pwo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mon နန်.Cognate with Eastern Pwo နန်ႋ (nāɴ), S'gaw Karen နီ (naw).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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နီး (transliteration needed)

  1. palace.