အော်
See also: ဪ
Burmese edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ʔɔ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: au • ALA-LC: ʼoʻ • BGN/PCGN: aw • Okell: o
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔaːw
Verb edit
အော် • (au)
Derived terms edit
- အော်လန် (aulan)
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps an old Chinese loan, from Chinese 澳. Shared lexeme across several mainland Southeast Asian languages, including Mon ဩ and Thai อ่าว (àao).[1]
Noun edit
အော် • (au)
Derived terms edit
- ပင်လယ်အော် (panglaiau)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
အော် • (au)
- tenth in the set of twelve vowels traditionally taught in the learning of Burmese
Further reading edit
- “အော်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges