မေႏ

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Pa'o Karen

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Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *hmeᴮ (fire) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *me² (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (fire). Cognate with S'gaw Karen မ့ၣ် (maỳ), Western Pwo မ့ၪ, Western Kayah ꤗꤤ꤬ ().

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern Pa'o) IPA(key): /me⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /me³³/

Noun

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မေႏ (transliteration needed) ()

  1. fire