မည်
Appearance
Burmese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate with Garo বিমুং (bimuŋ, “name”),[1] from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“name; to name”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: မျီ
- IPA(key): /mjì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi • Okell: myi
Verb
[edit]မည် • (many)
Particle
[edit]မည် • (many)
- numerical classifier for counting ingredients of a drug or kinds of dishes served
Derived terms
[edit]- ငယ်မည် (ngaimany)
- တစ်မည်ကောင်း (tacmanykaung:)
- နံမည် (nammany)
- ပန်းခုနစ်မည် (pan:hku.nacmany)
- ပိုးမမည် (pui:ma.many)
- မည်ကာမတ္တ (manykamatta.)
- မည်မည်ရရ (manymanyra.ra.)
- မည်မည်ဝါးဝါး (manymanywa:wa:)
- လူမမည် (luma.many)
- ဥမမည်စာမမြောက် (u.ma.manycama.mrauk)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (mañ "verb. affix shall"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respellings: မျီ, မယ်
- IPA(key): /mjì/, /mɛ̀/
- Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi/mè • Okell: myi/me
Particle
[edit]မည် • (many)
Usage notes
[edit]Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).
Synonyms
[edit]- မယ် (mai) (informal, colloquial)
Derived terms
[edit]- လိမ့်မည် (lim.many)
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: မျီ
- IPA(key): /mjì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi • Okell: myi
Adverb
[edit]မည် • (many)
Derived terms
[edit]- တောက်တိုမည်ရ (tauktuimanyra.)
- မည်မည်ရရ (manymanyra.ra.)
- မည်ရွေ့မည်မျှ (manyrwe.manyhmya.)
- မည်သည် (manysany)
- မည်သို့မည်ညာ (manysui.manynya)
- မည်သူ (manysu)
- မည်သူမဆို (manysuma.hcui)
- မည်သူမည်ဝါ (manysumanywa)
- မည်သူမျှ (manysuhmya.)
- လိုရမည်ရ (luira.manyra.)
- လိုလိုမည်မည် (luiluimanymany)
References
[edit]- ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 31
Further reading
[edit]- “မည်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Old Mon
[edit]
บ้านมอญ นครสวรรค์ (“Mon village, Nakhon Sawan.”)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]မည် (mon)
- Mon.
- ဘာသာမည် ― Mon language
- ဂကူမည် ― Mon people
Descendants
[edit]- → Thai: มอญ (mɔɔn)
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