အား

See also: အော့, အေး, အို, အ, အူ, and အ-

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a: • ALA-LC: ʼāʺ • BGN/PCGN: a: • Okell: à

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-ra (“strength; to win; classifier for people”)

Noun

အား • (a:)

1. strength

Derived terms

• အားကစား (a:ka.ca:)
• အားနည်း (a:nany:)

Etymology 2

Verb

အား • (a:)

1. to be free (not in use; without obligations)

   Synonym: အားလပ် (a:lap)

Derived terms

• အားလပ် (a:lap)

References

• “အား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• “အား 1 (‘strength’)” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 131.
• “အား 2 (‘be free’)” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 133.
• “အား” in Wörterbuch Burmesisch–Deutsch (VEB Verlag Enzykolopädie Leipzig 1976), by Annemarie Esche.