နောင်
Burmese edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /nàʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: naung • ALA-LC: noṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: naung • Okell: nauñ
Adjective edit
နောင် • (naung)
Usage notes edit
Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).
Synonyms edit
- နောက် (nauk) (informal, colloquial)
Noun edit
နောင် • (naung)
- (dated, regional) elder brother of a male (primarily used in compound words)
Usage notes edit
The term has largely been displaced by အစ်ကို (ackui), which in pre-colonial times referenced the elder brother of a female.
Derived terms edit
- ကြေးနောင် (kre:naung)
- ညီနောင် (nyinaung)
- တူသားနောင်မယ် (tusa:naungmai)
- နောင်ကြီး (naungkri:)
References edit
- “နောင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Tavoyan edit
Noun edit
နောင် (transliteration needed)
- (honorific) Form of address for younger men