မံ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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မံ (mam)

  1. to cover something with a pasty substance; to plaster.

Descendants

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  • Shan: မၢမ်ႇ (màam)

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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မံ

  1. me (Burmese script form of maṃ, which is accusative singular of အဟံ (ahaṃ))

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Karen *hmejᴬ (lie down, sleep), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/s-mwəj (to sleep; to dream). Cognate with Western Pwo မံၫ, Eastern Pwo မီ့ (), Western Kayah ꤥ꤬ꤗꤛꤢꤩ (òmye).

Verb

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မံ (mee)

  1. to sleep
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Karen *ʔminᴬ (ripe, cooked), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-min (ripe, cooked, delicious). Cognate with Eastern Pwo မိင့် (mêiɴ), Burmese မှည့် (hmany.).

Verb

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မံ (mee)

  1. (stative) to be ripe