အို

Burmese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔò/

Romanization: MLCTS: ui • ALA-LC: ʼui • BGN/PCGN: o • Okell: ou

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-ga (“old”). Cognate with 故 (OC *kaːs, “old things; former; dead”) and Tibetan རྒ (rga, “to be old; aged”).

Adjective

အို • (ui)

old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)
married

Synonyms

(old): ဟောင်း (haung:)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English o.

Noun

အို • (ui)

the Latin letter O/o.

References

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

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