မင်
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Burmese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak (“black, dark; ink”). Cognate with Tibetan སྨག (smag, “dark, darkness”), མོག་པ (mog pa, “dark-coloured”) and Chinese 墨 (mò, “ink”).
The Myanmar-English Dictionary’s derivation from Pali masi (“soot”) is phonologically implausible.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Phonetic respelling: မှင်
- IPA(key): /m̥ɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: mang • ALA-LC: maṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hmin • Okell: hmiñ
Noun[edit]
မင် • (mang)
- ink (colored fluid used for writing)
Descendants[edit]
- → Mon: မှၚ် (hmɛŋ)
References[edit]
- “မင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Eastern Pwo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Karen *minᴬ (“name”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen မံၤ (meē), Pa'o Karen မဉ်ꩻ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
မင် (transliteration needed)
Mon[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
မင် (maṅ)
- Alternative form of မၚ်
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- Burmese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Burmese lemmas
- Burmese nouns
- my:Liquids
- my:Writing
- Eastern Pwo terms inherited from Proto-Karen
- Eastern Pwo terms derived from Proto-Karen
- Eastern Pwo terms with IPA pronunciation
- Eastern Pwo lemmas
- Eastern Pwo nouns
- Mon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Mon lemmas
- Mon verbs