ညဲ
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nja-ŋ/k (“woman”). Cognate with Burmese ညည်း (nyany:).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɲɛ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: nyai: • ALA-LC: ññai • BGN/PCGN: nyè: • Okell: nyè
Noun edit
ညဲ • (nyai:)
Pronoun edit
ညဲ • (nyai:)
- (women's speech) you (term commonly used by a woman when addressing another woman of same age or one younger; a familiar term of address among Myanmar women)
See also edit
Burmese personal pronouns
| Burmese | Person | Level of speech |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ငါ (nga) | First | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) | First | Formal | used by males |
| ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) | First | Formal | used by females |
| ကျွန်ုပ် | First | Informal | |
| ကျုပ် (kyup) | First | Informal | |
| နင် (nang) | Second | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| မင်း (mang:) | Second | Informal | used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors |
| ညည်း (nyany:) | Second | Informal | used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger |
| တော် (tau) | Second | Informal | used by females |
| ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) | Second | Formal | used by males |
| ရှင် (hrang) | Second | Formal | used by females |
| သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) | Second | Formal | |
| သူ (su) | Third | ||
| သင်း (sang:) | Third | ||
| ချင်း (hkyang:) | Third |
References edit
- “ညဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.