မဲာ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *mɛʔᴰ (“eye, face”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *mɛʔ¹ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik (“eye”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen မဲ့, Western Pwo မ့ၬ, Eastern Pwo မေံ. Compare Western Kayah ꤗꤢꤧ꤬ꤞꤢꤧ꤬ (màethàe).

Noun

မဲာ် • (meḥ)

1. eye.
2. face.
3. knot (in the wood).

Synonyms

• (eye): မဲာ်ချံ (meḥ khlee)
• (face): မဲာ်သၣ် (meḥ thà)

Derived terms

• မဲာ်ဆှး (meḥ hshgä)
• မဲာ်ညါ (meḥ nyah)
• မဲာ်ထံ (meḥ hṭee)
• မဲာ်ဘျီၣ် (meḥ blaẁ)