နၢ

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m/s-nam (“smell”). Cognates include Eastern Pwo နိုင့် (nə̂ɴ), Mizo hnîm, Manipuri ꯅꯝ (nam).

Noun

နၢ • (nuh)

1. (အ~) smell

Verb

နၢ • (nuh)

1. (intransitive) to (have a) smell, smell bad

   နကိာ်ပူၤနၢဒိၣ်မး

   na koḥ poōnuhdoh̀ mä

   Your mouth (breath) smells very bad.

2. (transitive) to smell, sniff