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.)

  1. anything soft, fine, tender, smooth
  2. tenderness, softness, mildness
  3. 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)

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