နှိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip (“to pinch, squeeze, press, oppress, submerge, sink into; west, low, soft”) (STEDT: hnip "crush, oppress"). Cognate with နိပ် (nip, “to decline, be suppressed”), Old Chinese 入 (OC *njub, “to enter, (of the sun etc.) to set”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̥eɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hnip • ALA-LC: nhipʻ • BGN/PCGN: hneik • Okell: hneiʔ

Verb

နှိပ် • (hnip)

1. to press
2. to massage
3. to seal, to stamp

Further reading

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