Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nàɪɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nuing • ALA-LC: nuiṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: naing • Okell: naiñ

Etymology 1

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Possibly Sino–Tibetan (which STEDT tentatively reconstructs as *m-nyaŋ (can, be able)), despite the -uing final which is more characteristic of Mon loans: compare Tibetan ནུས (nus, be able to; capable; to withstand; capacity; strength; force; power; function; energy), Old Chinese (OC *nɯː, *nɯːs, *nɯːŋ, *nɯːŋʔ, “can, capable of”), and see the Chinese for more.

Verb

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နိုင် (nuing)

  1. to win, conquer, prevail
  2. to domineer, overpower, overcome
  3. to be liberally enriched or endowed with; to have an abundance of something
  4. to manage, carry
  5. to master, excel in
  6. to be prone to
  7. particle suffixed to verbs to denote capability, probability or possibility: can, may, be able to, be likely to, etc.
    ဒီနေ့ ကျွန်တော် မလာနိုင်ပါဘူး။
    dine. kywantau ma.lanuingpabhu:||
    I cannot come today.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Mon နာဲ.

Noun

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နိုင် (nuing)

  1. (honorific) a title used by Mon men, in lieu of ကို (kui)

Further reading

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