အိပ်ပျော်

Burmese

Etymology

အိပ် (ip, “to sleep”) +‎ ပျော် (pyau, “to melt; to be asleep”), literally “to melt (into) sleep”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔeɪʔpjɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ippyau • ALA-LC: ʼipʻpyoʻ • BGN/PCGN: eikpyaw • Okell: eiʔpyo

Verb

အိပ်ပျော် • (ippyau)

  1. to be asleep

Usage notes

  • The negative form is အိပ်မပျော်ဘူး (ipma.pyaubhu:), as opposed to မအိပ်ပျော်ဘူး (ma.ippyaubhu:), despite အိပ် (ip) being a verb.

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