မ့ၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Pronunciation

• (Mae Hong Son) IPA^(key): /me²¹ˀ/
• (Kayin State) IPA^(key): /me⁵²ˀ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *hmeᴮ (“fire”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *me² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”).

Cognates

• Bwe Karen mɪ
• Eastern Pwo မှ်ေ (mí̱)
• Pa'o Karen မေႏ
• Western Kayah ꤗꤤ꤬ (mì)
• Western Pwo မ့ၪ
• Galo əmə̀

Noun

မ့ၣ် • (maỳ)

1. fire

Compounds

• မ့ၣ်ပိၢ် (maỳ poẖ)
• မ့ၣ်အူ (maỳ ʼoo)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *hmejᴮ (“nail”) (Luangthongkum, 2019). Cognate with Eastern Pwo မီး (mí).

Noun

မ့ၣ် • (maỳ)

1. (စု~) fingernail