niggle
/ˈnɪɡ(ə)l/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
nig - gle -> niggle
(v) ရေးကြီးခွင်ကျယ် လုပ်သည်။
၁။ ~ (at sb) (about/ over sth) ရေးကြီးခွင့်ကျယ် လုပ်သည်။ Stop niggling about every penny we spend. ❍ You never say anything nice — all you do is niggle (at me).
၂။ ကသိကအောက် ဖြစ်စေသည်။ His untidiness constantly niggled her.
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၁။ စိုးစဉ်းမျှ ဘဝင်မကျခြင်း။ My only niggle about the meal was the cost of the wine.
၂။ အနည်းငယ် ကသိ ကအောက် ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ He gets the occasional niggle in his right shoulder.
၃။ အနည်းအကျဉ်း ကြောင့်ကြမှု၊ စိတ်ထင့်ခြင်း။ have a few niggles about his fitness for the match on Saturday.
❏ niggling /'nÇglÇŋ/ (also niggly /-li/) adj
၁။ အရေး မပါသော။ အသေးအဖွဲ။ Don't waste time on niggling details.
၂။ တအုံနွေးနွေးဖြစ်စရာ၊ စိတ်ထင့်စရာ။ a niggling pain ❍ niggling doubt ❍ She had a niggling feeling that something was wrong at home.
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