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, 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.

Pali

Alternative forms

nā (Latin script)
𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ना (Devanagari script)
না (Bengali script)
නා (Sinhalese script)
ၼႃ (Burmese script)
นา (Thai script)
ᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ນາ (Lao script)
នា (Khmer script)
𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

နာ f

Burmese script form of nā (“that”)

Declension

Declension table of "နာ" (feminine)

Case \\ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	နံ (naṃ)