အနု

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ နု (nu., “to be soft”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'နု
• IPA^(key): /ʔənṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.nu. • ALA-LC: ʼanu • BGN/PCGN: ănu. • Okell: ănú

Noun

အနု • (a.nu.)

1. anything soft, fine, tender, smooth
2. tenderness, softness, mildness
3. anything young, tender, inexperienced, lacking in maturity

Derived terms

• အနုကြမ်း (a.nu.kram:)
• အနုစာပေ (a.nu.cape)
• အနုစိတ် (a.nu.cit)
• အနုဆုပ် (a.nu.hcup)
• အနုဆေး (a.nu.hce:)
• အနုနည်း (a.nu.nany:)
• အနုပညာ (a.nu.pa.nya)

 

Further reading

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