နီး
Burmese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-naːj ~ s-nej (“to be near, close”). Cognate with Tibetan ཉེ་བ (nye ba, “near”) and Chinese 昵 (nì, “intimate, close”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ní/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ni: • ALA-LC: nīʺ • BGN/PCGN: ni: • Okell: nì
Adjective[edit]
နီး • (ni:)
References[edit]
- “နီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.