အို

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Of uncertain origin. Has been taken as inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ga (old), whence Old Chinese (OC *kaːs, “old things; former; dead”) and Tibetan རྒ (rga, to be old; aged) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?); however, the phonetics are dubious, and STEDT does not link the Burmese to the Sino-Tibetan root (ui "old (of persons)"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *qos, “old woman; to warm-nurse”) as a cognate, though the Chinese is thought to be related to (u., egg) instead.[1]

Adjective

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အို (ui)

  1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years), aged, infirm
  2. decrepit, dilapidated

Verb

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အို (ui)

  1. to show distress
  2. (archaic) to be prolonged
  3. to be married

Derived terms

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Synonyms

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Etymology 2

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Likely imitative.

Particle

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အို (ui)

  1. word used in addressing someone: oh!

Interjection

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အို (ui)

  1. word expressing surprise, pity, disapprobation, etc.: oh

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English o.

Noun

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အို (ui)

  1. the Latin letter O/o

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (1. to be Old; Old age)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 27

Further reading

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