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
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.)
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.