အနှစ်

Burmese

Etymology

From အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + an element နှစ် (hnac, “kernel, core, heart”) (different from all senses listed on the page for နှစ် (hnac)), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-nik (“heart, mind”), and cognate with Tibetan སྙིང (snying, “heart”), Old Chinese 仁 (OC *njin, “kindness”) (STEDT), and additionally, 身 (OC *qʰjin, “body, self”) (Hill (2019), p. 217).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'နှစ်
• IPA^(key): /ʔən̥ɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.hnac • ALA-LC: ʼanhacʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăhnit • Okell: ăhniʔ

Noun

အနှစ် • (a.hnac)

1. heartwood; duramen
2. yolk (of an egg)
3. substance; essence; import
4. thick liquid or sauce, gravy

Derived terms

• အဆီအနှစ် (a.hcia.hnac)
• အနှစ်ကျ (a.hnackya.)
• အနှစ်ချုပ် (a.hnachkyup)
• အနှစ်သာရ (a.hnacsara.)
• အနှစ်အရသာ (a.hnaca.ra.sa)
• အမွေအနှစ် (a.mwea.hnac)

 

Related terms

• နှလုံး (hna.lum:)

Further reading

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