နိုး
nui:/nó/
The Burmese verb for "wake up" is နိုး (nui:).
Meaning: to (become) awake (verb)
How do you pronounce it?
The word is romanized as nui: and pronounced /nó/.
Did you know?
- The concept of 'waking up' is deeply tied to Buddhist terminology in Myanmar, where နိုး can be linked to the idea of enlightenment or 'awakening' from the cycle of rebirth.
- A change in the sound of the initial consonant transforms နိုး from 'waking up' yourself into နှိုး, the act of waking someone else up.
- In Burmese, there is a subtle distinction between 'waking up' (the state of being awake) and 'getting up' (the act of leaving the bed).
Examples in context
- သူ မနက်စောစော နိုးတယ်။thu ma net saw saw noe tal.He wakes up early in the morning.
- အသံကြောင့် ကျွန်မ နိုးသွားတယ်။a than kyaung kyun ma noe thwar tal.I woke up because of the sound.
Example conversation
Hnin Hnin wakes up Aung Aung in the morning.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninအောင်အောင်၊ နိုးတော့။Aung Aung, noe taw.Aung Aung, wake up.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungကျွန်တော် အခုပဲ နိုးတာပါ။kyanaw ahu pal noe tar par.I just woke up.
- နှင်းနှင်း Hnin Hninမနက်စာ စားရအောင်။manet sar sar ya aung.Let's eat breakfast.
- အောင်အောင် Aung Aungဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ လာပြီ။hot kae, lar pyi.Okay, I'm coming.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “wake up” translations and entries နိုး, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
