မက်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mak • ALA-LC: makʻ • BGN/PCGN: met • Okell: meʔ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k) (“dream”) (STEDT). The "covet, crave" sense is likely a semantic extension of the "dream" sense, via sense development "dream" > "long for" > "covet".

Verb

မက် • (mak)

1. to covet, crave, desire
2. to dream

Derived terms

• ကြောက်မက် (kraukmak)
• ခိုင်းမက် (hkuing:mak)
• စစ်မက် (cacmak)
• စစ်မက်အင်္ဂါ (cacmak-angga)
• စွဲမက် (cwai:mak)
• စုံမက် (cummak)
• စုံရေမက်ရေ (cum-remak-re)
• တပ်မက် (tapmak)
• မက်လုံး (maklum:)
• ရဲမက် (rai:mak)
• ရဲမက်ဗိုလ်ပါ (rai:makbuilpa)
• အိပ်မက် (ipmak)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

မက် • (mak)

1. to steer a boat towards the shore by means of a paddle
2. to order an elephant to kneel

Further reading

• “မက်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 735.
• “မက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.