နှမ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: နှ'မ
• IPA^(key): /n̥əma̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hna.ma. • ALA-LC: nhama • BGN/PCGN: hnăma. • Okell: hnămá

Noun

နှမ • (hna.ma.)

1. younger sister (of a male)

Usage notes

The term has largely been displaced by ညီမ (nyima.), which in pre-colonial times referenced the younger sister of a female.

Derived terms

• နှမစုံမွေး (hna.ma.cummwe:)
• မောင်စုံနှမစုံမွေး (maungcumhna.ma.cummwe:)
• မောင်နှမ (maunghna.ma.)
• မောင်လည်နှမလည် (maunglanyhna.ma.lany)

 

References

• “နှမ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.