မ့ၢ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen [Term?]. Cognate with Eastern Pwo မွာဲ (mwɛ̄), Western Pwo မွဲ, Pa'o Karen မွေး.

Pronunciation

• (Kayin State) IPA^(key): /me̤⁵²/
• (Chiang Rai) IPA^(key): /me̤¹¹/

Verb

မ့ၢ် • (may̱)

1. (stative) to be true
2. to be
3. Pre-clausal modal verb indicating a polar question: is it (the case) that?

   မ့ၢ်နဖိခွါအိၣ်ဒံးတဂၤဂၤဧါ.

   may̱na hpoh khwah ʼoh̀ deë ta ghā ghā ahh ah .

   Do you have other sons?

4. Pre-verbal concessive marker: although
5. Pre-verbal conditional marker: if