ၼဝ်ႈ

See also: နွံ, ၼိဝ်ႉ, ၼိူဝ်, ၼိူဝ်ႉ, ၼူဝ်, ၼဵဝ်, ၼွႆႉ, ၼႂ်, ၼႂ်း, ꩫိူဝ်ႇ, and ꩫႂ်း

Shan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Southwestern Tai *nawᴮ², from Proto-Tai *nawᴮ. Cognate with Thai เน่า (nâo), Northern Thai ᨶᩮᩢ᩵ᩣ, Lao ເນົ່າ (nao), Lü ᦓᧁᧈ (naw¹), Ahom 𑜃𑜧 (naw) or 𑜃𑜧𑜈𑜫 (naww), Zhuang naeuh, Saek เหน้า.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naw˧˧˨/
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Rhymes: -aw

Verb

ၼဝ်ႈ • (nāo) (abstract noun လွင်ႈၼဝ်ႈ)

be putrid, rotten
ၼမ်ႉမဵၼ်ၼဝ်ႈ
nâ̰m mǎennāo
The water stinks.

မီး ဢၢႆမဵၼ်တူႇမဵၼ်ၼဝ်ႈၵႃႈ ၼႂ်း ဝဵင်း
míi ʼǎai mǎen tùu mǎennāokāa náue wáeng
There was a stinking, putrid smell in the city.

Derived terms

ၵူမ်ႇၼဝ်ႈ (kùum nāo)
တူဝ်ၼဝ်ႈ (tǒ nāo)
တူႇၼဝ်ႈ (tùu nāo)
ထူဝ်ႇၼဝ်ႈ (thò nāo)

References

Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary‎, Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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