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Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔaːw

Verb edit

အော် (au)

  1. to shout; call
  2. to berate; scold
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Perhaps an old Chinese loan, from Chinese . Shared lexeme across several mainland Southeast Asian languages, including Mon and Thai อ่าว (àao).[1]

Noun edit

အော် (au)

  1. bay
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

အော် (au)

  1. tenth in the set of twelve vowels traditionally taught in the learning of Myanmar language

Further reading edit

  1. ^
    2015, Mathias Jenny, “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges: