နော်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nau • ALA-LC: noʻ • BGN/PCGN: naw • Okell: no

Particle

နော် • (nau)

1. (colloquial) Used to make a question more polite; seeks agreement; softens a request; all right?, OK?

   သွားမယ်နော်။

   swa:mainau||

   I’m going now, OK?

   ဆောရီးနော်။

   hcau:ri:nau||

   I’m sorry.

Etymology

Noun

နော် • (nau)

1. (honorific) a title used by S'gaw Karen women

References

• “နော်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “နော်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.