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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

နာဲ (nāy)

  1. (honorific) referring to a male person senior to the speaker;[1] Mr.[2]
    နာဲဟံသာNāy HaṁsāNai Hongsar (chairman of the New Mon State Party since 2020)
  2. master[1][2]
  3. superior[2]
  4. chief[2][3]

See also edit

Pronoun edit

နာဲ (nāy)

  1. (second person) you, thou
    1. used by senior monks toward junior[1][2]
    2. (Pak Kret District) toward men who has once been a Buddhist monk[2]
      Synonym: (Pak Kret District, more polite) ဣိတေံ (i teʼ)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shorto, H.L. (1962) “နဲာ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary[2] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 505
  3. ^ จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “นาย”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], page 112