English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “sun; day”
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔnəj¹/³, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) (“sun; day”). Cognate with Old Chinese 日 (OC *njiɡ), Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma).
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- Wiktionary: နေCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

