အော်

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔaːw (to shout, cry out). Cognate with Mizo au (to shout), Old Chinese (OC *qʰaː, “to exhale, shout”) (STEDT).

Verb

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အော် (au)

  1. to shout; call
  2. to berate; scold
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Etymology 2

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Perhaps an old Chinese loan, from Middle Chinese (MC 'awH|'juwk, “inlet, bay”). Shared lexeme across several mainland Southeast Asian languages, including Mon and Thai อ่าว (àao).[1]

Noun

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အော် (au)

  1. bay
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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အော် (au)

  1. tenth in the set of twelve vowels traditionally taught in the learning of Burmese

References

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  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges

Further reading

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