နေင်ႏ

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *hneŋᴮ (year) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *nin² (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ni(ŋ~k). Cognate with S'gaw Karen နံၣ် (neè), Western Pwo နံၪ့. Compare Western Kayah ꤔꤢ꤬ ().

Pronunciation

  • (Northern Pa'o) IPA(key): /neŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /neŋ³³/

Noun

နေင်ႏ (transliteration needed)

  1. year

Synonyms

  • နိန်ႏ (possibly from S'gaw Karen)