နာ

See also: န, နား, and နှာ

Burmese

FWOTD – 15 January 2016

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-(n/t) (“sick; evil spirit”). Cognate with Mizo nâ, nat (“ill, sick; illness”), Tibetan ན (na, “ill, sick”), Sichuan Yi ꆅ (na, “hurt, pain, sore; illness”), Lisu ꓠꓻ (nɑ, “sore, sick, ill”), and Chinese 難 (nán, “bad, unpleasant”). Doublet of နတ် (nat, “nat spirit”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nà/

Romanization: MLCTS: na • ALA-LC: nā • BGN/PCGN: na • Okell: na

Verb

နာ • (na)

to be in pain, to be hurt
to be ill (in poor health, suffering from a disease)

References

“နာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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