ဩ

ဩ U+1029, ဩ
MYANMAR LETTER O
← ဨ
[U+1028] 		Myanmar ဪ →
[U+102A]

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɔ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: au: • ALA-LC: o • BGN/PCGN: aw: • Okell: ò

Letter

ဩ • (au:)

  1. An independent vowel letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Mon

Etymology

Perhaps 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

ဩ (au)

  1. basin
  2. small bay

Interjection

ဩ (au)

  1. oh!

Letter

ဩ (ʼa)

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

References
  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
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