နှောက်

• IPA^(key): /n̥aʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hnauk • ALA-LC: nhokʻ • BGN/PCGN: hnauk • Okell: hnauʔ

နှောက် • (hnauk)

1. to cause water or liquid to turn turbid (by disturbing, agitating, stirring)
2. to stir up, foment (trouble)
3. to convulse, disturb

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rnuq (“brain”). Cognate with Nuosu ꀑꆊ (o not, “brain”), Old Chinese 腦 (OC *nuːʔ), Jingpho nu' (“brain”), Drung unu (“brain; mind”), Japhug tɯrnoʁ, S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်နူာ် (khoh̀noọ, “brain”) (STEDT).

နှောက် • (hnauk)

1. (in compounds) brain

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