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Burmese
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ʔɔ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: au: • ALA-LC: o • BGN/PCGN: aw: • Okell: ò
Letter
editဩ • (au:)
- An independent vowel letter of the Burmese alphabet.
Mon
editEtymology
editPerhaps an old Chinese loan, from Chinese 澳. Shared lexeme across several mainland Southeast Asian languages, including Burmese အော် (au) and Thai อ่าว (àao).[1]
Noun
editဩ (au)
Interjection
editဩ (au)
- oh!
Letter
editဩ (ʼa)
- ʼAu, the ninth vowel of the modern Mon alphabet.
References
edit- ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges