အော်

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Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔaːw

Verb[edit]

အော် (au)

  1. to shout; call
  2. to berate; scold
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Perhaps an old Chinese loan, from Chinese . Shared lexeme across several mainland Southeast Asian languages, including Mon and Thai อ่าว (àao).[1]

Noun[edit]

အော် (au)

  1. bay
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

အော် (au)

  1. tenth in the set of twelve vowels traditionally taught in the learning of Burmese

Further reading[edit]

  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2015) “Foreign influence in the Burmese language”, in International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges