နီ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-ni¹ (red), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ni (red). Cognate with Nuosu (hni) and Lolopo ni; outside of Lolo-Burmese, compare Old Chinese (OC *nil, “ashamed”), (OC *n̥ʰɯʔ, “shame, disgrace”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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နီ (ni)

  1. red

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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နီ (ni)

  1. a female given name

See also

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Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

References

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Pa'o Karen

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Pa'o Karen cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : နီ

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /ni̤³¹/

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen *k-hnejᴬ (two) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *ni⁴ (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-ni-s (two). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ခံ (khee), Western Pwo နံၫ.

Numeral

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နီ ()

  1. two.

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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နီ (transliteration needed)

  1. we; us.

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo နန်ႋ (nāɴ).

Noun

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နီ (naw)

  1. palace

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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နီ (naw)

  1. to drive (a car)

Etymology 3

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Cognate with Western Pwo နး.

Particle

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နီ (naw)

  1. particle used in negative clauses before a classifier phrase to express that there is not a single instance of something
    ယတထံၣ်ဘူအီၤနီတဘျီဘၣ်.
    ya ta hṭeè boo ʼaw̄naw ta blawbà .
    I have never met him.