myo

See also: myō, myö, and myo-

Japanese

Romanization

myo

1. The hiragana syllable みょ (myo) or the katakana syllable ミョ (myo) in Hepburn romanization.

Lashi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik. Cognates include Tibetan མིག (mig) and Chinese 目 (mù).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjo/, [mjɔ̃ʔ]

Noun

myo

1. eye

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-ljak ~ mrak ~ mruk (“grass, herbs”). Cognates include Burmese မြက် (mrak) and Chinese 莽 (mǎng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjɔ/, [mjɔʔ]

Noun

myo

1. grass

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)