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Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma̰/
(file)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မ'
- IPA(key): /mə/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă
Particle
မ • (ma.)
Etymology 3
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má
Noun
မ • (ma.)
- (honorific) Form of address for younger women; miss
- မမိုးယုစံ
- ma.mui:yu.cam
- Ma Moe Yu San
- female of a species
- Abbreviation of မိန်းမ (min:ma.).
- odd number
See also
- -မ (-ma.)
Etymology 4
Contraction of မယ် (mai)..
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မ'
- IPA(key): /mə/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă
Particle
မ • (ma.)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)
- ဘာ စားမလဲ။
- bha ca:ma.lai:||
- What will you eat?
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: မ
- IPA(key): /ma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má
Descendants
- → Mon: မ (“to support”)
References
- “မ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ̤ʔ/
(file)
Etymology 1
Mon realisation of the translingual entity.
Synonyms
- တ (ta)
Noun
မ (ma)
Synonyms
- မ ဗၞး (ma bna)
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Burmese မ (ma., “to lift”).[1] Cognate with Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a, “to support”).
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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