နေ

See also: နေ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nè/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ne • ALA-LC: ne • BGN/PCGN: ne • Okell: nei

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Etymology 1

နေ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔnəj¹/³, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun; day”). Cognate with Chinese 日ひ, Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma).

Noun

နေ • (ne)

1. sun

Derived terms

• ညနေ (nya.ne)

Proper noun

နေ • (ne)

1. a unisex given name from Proto-Sino-Tibetan or Sino-Tibetan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-na-s (“to stay, to live, to dwell, to be”).

Verb

နေ • (ne)

1. to stay
2. to live, dwell

Derived terms

• နေခြင်း (nehkrang:)

Particle

နေ • (ne)

1. suffixed to a verb to denote a continuing process (progressive aspect)

   ဘာ လုပ်နေသလဲ။

   bha lupnesa.lai:||

   What are you doing?

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ne (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ने (Devanagari script)
• নে (Bengali script)
• නෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ၼေ (Burmese script)
• เน (Thai script)
• ᨶᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ເນ (Lao script)
• នេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄬 (Chakma script)

Adjective

နေ

1. Burmese script form of ne, which is accusative plural masculine of န (na, “that”)

Pronoun

နေ

1. Burmese script form of ne, which is accusative plural of န (na, “him, it, that”)