-မှု

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Appears to be a suffix form of မှု (hmu., to treat with attention, respect).”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /m̥ṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hmu. • ALA-LC: mhu • BGN/PCGN: hmu. • Okell: hmú

Suffix

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-မှု (-hmu.)

  1. a nominalizer for verb, adjective, and adverb
  2. also appends to nouns to express some concept of the root word