နီး

See also: နီ and နိုး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-naːj ~ s-nej (“to be near, close”). Cognate with Tibetan ཉེ་བ (nye ba, “near”) and Chinese 昵 (nì, “intimate, close”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ní/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ni: • ALA-LC: nīʺ • BGN/PCGN: ni: • Okell: nì

Adjective

နီး • (ni:)

1. near

References

• “နီး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.