မ
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Translingual[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]
မ
- Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet.
Burmese[edit]
Etymology 1[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 2[edit]
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ma.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má
Adjective[edit]
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 3[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 4[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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