མི
Dzongkha
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese 民 (mín).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi˥/
Noun
མི (mi)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi˩/
Adverb
མི (mi)
Kurtöp
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognates include Dzongkha མི (mi) and Tibetan མི (mi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mì]
Noun
མི (mi)
References
- G. Hyslop, K. Tshering, K. Lhendrup, P. Chhophyel (2016) Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 152
- Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017) A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 111
Sherpa
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n.
Noun
མི (mi) (Devanagari spelling मि)
References
- Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009
Tibetan
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese 民 (mín).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*mi/
- Lhasa: /mi˩˨/
- Batang: /mi˥˧/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*mi/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: miv
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /mi˩˨/
- Khams
- (Batang) IPA(key): /mi˥˧/
Noun
མི • (mi)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-. Variant of མ (ma), used in situations where མ (ma) is not used, usually with present and future stems of verbs.
Adverb
མི • (mi)