နော်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: nau • ALA-LC: noʻ • BGN/PCGN: naw • Okell: no
Particle
နော် • (nau)
- (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.
Noun
နော် • (nau)
- (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.