မင်
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak (“black, dark; ink”). Cognate with Tibetan སྨག (smag, “dark, darkness”), མོག་པ (mog pa, “dark-coloured”) and Chinese 墨 (mò, “ink”).
The Myanmar-English Dictionary’s derivation from Pali masi (“soot”) is phonologically implausible.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: မှင်
- IPA(key): /m̥ɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: mang • ALA-LC: maṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hmin • Okell: hmiñ
Noun
[edit]မင် • (mang)
- ink (colored fluid used for writing)
Descendants
[edit]- → Mon: မှၚ် (hmɛŋ)
References
[edit]- “မင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Eastern Pwo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Karen *minᴬ (“name”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen မံၤ (meē), Pa'o Karen မဉ်ꩻ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]မင် (transliteration needed)
Mon
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]မင် (maṅ)
- Alternative form of မၚ်
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- my:Liquids
- my:Writing
- Eastern Pwo terms inherited from Proto-Karen
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- Eastern Pwo nouns
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