ညီ

See also: ညာ, ဉ, ည, ညို, and ညှာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲì/

Romanization: MLCTS: nyi • ALA-LC: ññī • BGN/PCGN: nyi • Okell: nyi

Etymology 1

Noun

ညီ • (nyi)

younger brother (of a male).

Coordinate terms

ညီမ (nyima., “younger sister”)
အစ်ကို (ackui, “elder brother”)
အစ်မ (acma., “elder sister”)

Derived terms

ညီနောင် (nyinaung)
ညီပုလေး (nyipu.le:)
ညီမ (nyima.)
ညီအစ်ကို (nyiackui)
ညီအစ်မ (nyiacma.)
မယားညီအစ်ကို (ma.ya:nyiackui)
လင်ညီအစ်မ (langnyiacma.)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ညီ • (nyi)

even; balanced; equal; equivalent; level.

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *hɲawᴬ (“easy”). Cognate with Western Pwo ယီၫ.

Adjective

ညီ • (nyɔ)

easy.

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