အမွေး
Burmese
Etymology
အ- (a.-) + မွေး (mwe:), the latter from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l. Cognate with Lolopo me (“body hair”), Drung meul (“body hair”), Jingpho mun (“feather”).
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'မွေး
- IPA(key): /ʔəmwé/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.mwe: • ALA-LC: ʼamveʺ • BGN/PCGN: ămwe: • Okell: ămweì
Noun
အမွေး • (a.mwe:)
- hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
- fur
- feathers, plumage
References
- “အမွေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.