နှပ်

See also: နုပ် and နံပြား

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n̥aʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hnap • ALA-LC: nhapʻ • BGN/PCGN: hnat • Okell: hnaʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nap (“snot”). Cognate with နှာ (hna, “nose; errhine, snuff”) and with Tibetan སྣབས (snabs, “snot”).

Noun

နှပ် • (hnap)

  1. snot, nasal mucus (mucous discharge from the nose)
Derived terms
  • ငါးနှပ် (nga:hnap)
  • ငါးနှပ်ခြောက် (nga:hnaphkrauk)
  • နှပ်ချေး (hnaphkye:)
  • နှပ်ညှစ် (hnaphnyac)
  • အပါးနှပ် (a.pa:hnap)

Etymology 2

Verb

နှပ် • (hnap)

  1. to bring to a proper consistency, tenderize, cook until tender
  2. to take a few more winks after waking from sleep, take a short nap
  3. (figuratively) to swindle
Derived terms
  • နှပ်ချ (hnaphkya.)
  • နှပ်ချို့ (hnaphkyui.)
  • နှပ်ပစ်ခံရ (hnappachkam-ra.)
  • ရှုံ့ချည်နှပ်ချည် (hrum.hkyanyhnaphkyany)
  • သူငယ်နှပ်စား (su-ngaihnapca:)

Further reading

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