အနု
Burmese
Etymology
အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + နု (nu., “to be soft”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'နု
- IPA(key): /ʔənṵ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.nu. • ALA-LC: ʼanu • BGN/PCGN: ănu. • Okell: ănú
Noun
အနု • (a.nu.)
- anything soft, fine, tender, smooth
- tenderness, softness, mildness
- anything young, tender, inexperienced, lacking in maturity
Derived terms
- အနုကြမ်း (a.nu.kram:)
- အနုစာပေ (a.nu.cape)
- အနုစိတ် (a.nu.cit)
- အနုဆုပ် (a.nu.hcup)
- အနုဆေး (a.nu.hce:)
- အနုနည်း (a.nu.nany:)
- အနုပညာ (a.nu.pa.nya)
Further reading
- “အနု” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.