နမ်း
nam:/náɴ/
The English word 'kiss' is နမ်း (nam:) in Burmese. Wiktionary also lists နမ်းစုတ်ခြင်း (nam:cuthkrang:).
Meaning: a touch with the lips (noun)
Ways to say it
| Burmese | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA |
|---|---|---|
| နမ်း | nam: | /náɴ/ |
| နမ်းစုတ်ခြင်း | nam:cuthkrang: |
နမ်း can be used as a noun to mean a touch with the lips or as a verb meaning to touch with the lips.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun for 'kiss' is formed by adding the prefix အ- to the verb နမ်း, resulting in အနမ်း. To represent the act of kissing as a formal noun, you can add the suffix -ခြင်း to the verb နမ်း to get နမ်းခြင်း. In a standard declarative sentence, the verb နမ်း is typically followed by the particle တယ် to indicate a statement of fact, forming နမ်းတယ်.
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is /náɴ/. The romanization is nam:.
Did you know?
- The Burmese word for 'stink', နံ, is a close relative of the word for 'kiss', နမ်း.
- Burmese has no single, common word that specifically means 'to kiss on the lips' without using additional descriptors.
- Public displays of affection involving နမ်း are traditionally viewed as highly private and are rare in public spaces in Myanmar.
Examples in context
- တွမ် က သူတို့ ရဲ့ အနမ်း တွေ ကို ထာဝရ တည်မြဲ စေချင် ခဲ့တာ။Tom wished that their kiss would last forever.This sentence shows how to use the form နမ်း.Tatoeba #8274232 by sithu015, translation #8272903 by CK
- သူမရဲ့ နမ်းမှုက အရမ်းနူးညံ့တယ်။thu ma ye nan mhu ka ayan nu nyant tal.Her kiss is very gentle.
Example conversation
A couple is saying goodbye before work.
- မင်းမင်း Min Minခိုင်ခိုင်၊ သွားတော့မယ်။khaing khaing, thwar taw mal.Khaing Khaing, I'm leaving now.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineနမ်း တစ်ခု ပေးပါဦး။nan tait khu pay par oon.Give me a kiss first.
- မင်းမင်း Min Minရတာပေါ့။ya tar paw.Of course.
- ခိုင်ခိုင် Khine Khineကောင်းသော နေ့လေး ဖြစ်ပါစေ မင်းမင်း။kaung thaw nay lay phit par say min min.Have a nice day, Min Min.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “kiss” translations and entries နမ်း, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
