Burmese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip. Cognate with Tibetan ནུབ (nub, to fall (gradually), sink, to set; to decay, to decline) and Chinese (, to enter).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /neɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nip • ALA-LC: nipʻ • BGN/PCGN: neik • Okell: neiʔ

Verb edit

နိပ် (nip)

  1. to decline
  2. to be suppressed

Adjective edit

နိပ် (nip)

  1. (slang) good, swell