နိပ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *nup ~ nip. Cognate with Tibetan ནུབ (nub, “to fall (gradually), sink, to set; to decay, to decline”) and Chinese 入 (rù, “to enter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /neɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nip • ALA-LC: nipʻ • BGN/PCGN: neik • Okell: neiʔ

Verb

နိပ် • (nip)

  1. to decline
  2. to be suppressed

Adjective

နိပ် • (nip)

  1. (slang) good, swell
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