နော်

Burmese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: nau • ALA-LC: no‘ • BGN/PCGN: naw • Okell: no

Particle

နော် • (nau)

  1. (colloquial) Used to make a question more polite; seeks agreement; softens a request; all right?, OK?
    သွားမယ်နော်။
    swa:mainau||
    I’m going now, OK?
    ဆောရီးနော်။
    hcau:ri:nau||
    I’m sorry.

Etymology

Noun

နော် • (nau)

  1. (honorific) a title used by S'gaw Karen women

References
  • “နော်” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
  • “နော်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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