ညီ

See also: ညာ, ဉ, ည, ညို, and ညှာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: nyi • ALA-LC: ññī • BGN/PCGN: nyi • Okell: nyi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *nyey (“younger sibling”).

Noun

ညီ • (nyi)

1. younger brother (of a male).

Coordinate terms

• ညီမ (nyima., “younger sister”)
• အစ်ကို (ackui, “elder brother”)
• အစ်မ (acma., “elder sister”)

Derived terms

• ညီနောင် (nyinaung)
• ညီပုလေး (nyipu.le:)
• ညီမ (nyima.)
• ညီအစ်ကို (nyiackui)
• ညီအစ်မ (nyiacma.)
• မယားညီအစ်ကို (ma.ya:nyiackui)
• လင်ညီအစ်မ (langnyiacma.)

 

Etymology 2

Adjective

ညီ • (nyi)

1. even; balanced; equal; equivalent; level.

Derived terms

• ညီမျှခြင်း (nyihmya.hkrang:)

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S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *hɲawᴬ (“easy”). Cognate with Western Pwo ယီၫ.

Adjective

ညီ • (nyaw)

1. easy.