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.