U+1029, ဩ
MYANMAR LETTER O

[U+1028]
Myanmar
[U+102A]

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(au:)

  1. An independent vowel letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Etymology

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

Noun

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(au)

  1. basin
  2. small bay

Interjection

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(au)

  1. oh!

Letter

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(ʼa)

  1. ʼAu, the ninth vowel of the modern Mon alphabet.

References

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