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”). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (à-njí, “younger sibling”) (STEDT). Luce compares additionally Old Chinese 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “younger brother”) (though the initials don't seem to match).[1]

Noun

ညီ • (nyi)

  1. younger brother (of a male)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ညီ • (nyi)

  1. to be even, level, balanced
  2. to be equal, equivalent
  3. to be united, be in accord
  4. to be in accordance with
Derived terms
  • ကြိုက်ညီ (kruiknyi)
  • ကိုက်ညီ (kuiknyi)
  • ကူညီ (ku-nyi)
  • ညီညွတ် (nyi-nywat)
  • ညီညွတ်ရေး (nyi-nywatre:)
  • ညီညာ (nyi-nya)
  • ညီတူညာတူ (nyitu-nyatu)
  • ညီတူညီမျှ (nyitu-nyihmya.)
  • ညီမျှ (nyihmya.)
  • ညီမျှခြင်း (nyihmya.hkrang:)
  • ညီလာခံ (nyilahkam)
  • ညီလာခံဝင် (nyilahkam-wang)
  • တက်ညီလက်ညီ (taknyilaknyi)
  • တစ်ပြေးညီ (tacpre:nyi)
  • နှင့်ညီစွာ (hnang.nyicwa)
  • ပြင်ညီ (prangnyi)
  • ဖက်ညီ (hpaknyi)
  • ဘက်ညီ (bhaknyi)
  • မျက်နှာစုံညီ (myakhnacumnyi)
  • မြေညီထပ် (mre-nyihtap)
  • ရှေ့သွားနောက်လိုက်ညီ (hre.swa:naukluiknyi)
  • ရေပြင်ညီမျဉ်း (re-prangnyi-myany:)
  • လက်ကျညီ (lakkya.nyi)
  • လက်ချညီ (lakhkya.nyi)
  • လျော်ညီ (lyau-nyi)
  • လိုက်လျောညီထွေ (luiklyau:nyihtwe)
  • သာတူညီမျှ (satu-nyihmya.)
  • ဟန်ချက်ညီညီ (hanhkyaknyi-nyi)
  • အကြိုက်ညီ (a.kruiknyi)
  • အတိုင်အဖောက်ညီ (a.tuing-a.hpauknyi)
  • အနားညီ (a.na:nyi)
  • အမြင့်ညီမျဉ်း (a.mrang.nyi-myany:)

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (41. Younger Siblings)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 12
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (40. In Accord; Together)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 12

Further reading

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

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

Adjective

ညီ • (nyaw)

  1. easy.

Antonyms

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