မည်

Burmese

Etymology 1

Cognate with Garo বিমুং (bimuŋ, “name”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“name; to name”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မျီ
• IPA^(key): /mjì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi • Okell: myi

Verb

မည် • (many)

1. to be called, be named, be said
2. to mean, signify

Particle

မည် • (many)

1. numerical classifier for counting ingredients of a drug or kinds of dishes served

Derived terms

• 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

• မှည့် (hmany., verb)
• အမည် (a.many, noun)
• နာမည် (namany, noun)

Etymology 2

(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

• Phonetic respellings: မျီ, မယ်
• IPA^(key): /mjì/, /mɛ̀/
• Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi/mè • Okell: myi/me

Particle

မည် • (many)

1. (literary) Alternative form of မယ် (mai) (future tense marker)

Usage notes

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

• မယ် (mai) (informal, colloquial)

Derived terms

• လိမ့်မည် (lim.many)

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မျီ
• IPA^(key): /mjì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi • Okell: myi

Adverb

မည် • (many)

1. how; in what amount or manner

Derived terms

• 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)

 

Further reading

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

Old Mon

ကွာန်မည် နခန်သဝါန် (kwānman nakhansawān)
บ้านมอญ นครสวรรค์ (“Mon village, Nakhon Sawan.”)

Etymology

From Pali ရာမည (rāmañña).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo̤n/

• Audio (New Mon):

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Proper noun

မည် (mon)

1. Mon.

   ဘာသာမည် ― Mon language

   ဂကူမည် ― Mon people

Descendants

• → Thai: มอญ (mɔɔn)