မျိုး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT), whence Old Chinese 物 (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”); see there for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjó/
• Romanization: MLCTS: myui: • ALA-LC: myuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: myo: • Okell: myoù

Noun

မျိုး • (myui:)

1. kind, type, category
2. germ; gene; seed

Derived terms

• လူမျိုး (lu-myui:)
• အမျိုး (a.myui:)

 

Proper noun

မျိုး • (myui:)

1. a unisex given name

Descendants

• → Shan: မဵဝ်း (máeo) / မျူဝ်း (mjó)
• → Lü: ᦙᦷᦍ (myo)
• → S'gaw Karen: မၠိ (myoh)

Further reading

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