ဩ

ဩ U+1029, ဩ
MYANMAR LETTER O
← ဨ
[U+1028] 		Myanmar ဪ →
[U+102A]

Burmese

Letter

ဩ • (au:)

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Mon

Etymology

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

Noun

ဩ (au)

  1. basin
  2. small bay

Interjection

ဩ (au)

  1. oh!

Letter

ဩ (ʼa)

  1. ʼAu, the ninth vowel of the modern Mon alphabet.

References
  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
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