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Burmese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]မ • (ma.)
- Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: မ'
- IPA(key): /mə/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă
Particle
[edit]မ • (ma.)
- not (prefixed to the verb, which is itself followed by another negative particle such as ဘူး (bhu:) or နဲ့ (nai.).)
Etymology 3
[edit]From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ma.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má
Adjective
[edit]မ • (ma.)
Noun
[edit]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
Coordinate terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- -မ (-ma.)
Etymology 4
[edit]Contraction of မယ် (mai)..
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: မ'
- IPA(key): /mə/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă
Particle
[edit]မ • (ma.)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)
- ဘာ စားမလဲ။
- bha ca:ma.lai:||
- What will you eat?
Etymology 5
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: မ
- IPA(key): /ma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má
Verb
[edit]မ • (ma.)
Descendants
[edit]- → Mon: မ (“to support”)
References
[edit]- “မ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Mon realisation of the translingual entity.
Letter
[edit]မ (ma)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]မ (ma)
Synonyms
[edit]- တ (ta)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]မ (ma)
Synonyms
[edit]- မ ဗၞး (ma bna)
Etymology 4
[edit]Borrowed from Burmese မ (ma., “to lift”).[1] Cognate with Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a, “to support”).
Verb
[edit]မ (ma)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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