နာ

See also: န, နား, and နှာ

Burmese

FWOTD – 15 January 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t) (“sick; evil spirit”). Cognate with Mizo nâ, nat (“ill, sick; illness”), Tibetan ན (na, “ill, sick”), Nuosu ꆅ (na, “hurt, pain, sore; illness”), Lisu ꓠꓻ (nɑ, “sore, sick, ill”), and Chinese 難／难 (nán, “bad, unpleasant”). Doublet of နတ် (nat, “nat spirit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: na • ALA-LC: nā • BGN/PCGN: na • Okell: na

Verb

နာ • (na)

1. to be in pain, be hurt
2. to be ill (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

References

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

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• nā (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ना (Devanagari script)
• না (Bengali script)
• නා (Sinhalese script)
• ၼႃ (Burmese script)
• นา (Thai script)
• ᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ນາ (Lao script)
• នា (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

နာ f

1. Burmese script form of nā (“that”)

Declension

Declension table of "နာ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	နံ (naṃ)