မည်

Burmese

Etymology 1

Cognate with Garo বিমুং (bimuŋ, name),[1] from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (name; to name).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မျီ
  • IPA(key): /mjì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi • Okell: myi

Verb

မည် • (many)

  1. to be called, be named, be said
  2. to mean, signify

Particle

မည် • (many)

  1. numerical classifier for counting ingredients of a drug or kinds of dishes served

Derived terms

  • ငယ်မည် (ngaimany)
  • တစ်မည်ကောင်း (tacmanykaung:)
  • နံမည် (nammany)
  • ပန်းခုနစ်မည် (pan:hku.nacmany)
  • ပိုးမမည် (pui:ma.many)
  • မည်ကာမတ္တ (manykamatta.)
  • မည်မည်ရရ (manymanyra.ra.)
  • မည်မည်ဝါးဝါး (manymanywa:wa:)
  • လူမမည် (luma.many)
  • ဥမမည်စာမမြောက် (u.ma.manycama.mrauk)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: မျီ, မယ်
  • IPA(key): /mjì/, /mɛ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi/mè • Okell: myi/me

Particle

မည် • (many)

  1. (literary) alternative form of မယ် (mai) (future tense marker)
Usage notes

Burmese is a diglossic language. This construct is used exclusively in the formal, literary (written) register. See synonyms for the informal, colloquial (spoken) equivalent form(s).

Synonyms
Derived terms
  • လိမ့်မည် (lim.many)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မျီ
  • IPA(key): /mjì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: many • ALA-LC: maññʻ • BGN/PCGN: myi • Okell: myi

Adverb

မည် • (many)

  1. how; in what amount or manner
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 31

Further reading

Old Mon

Etymology

From Pali ရာမည (rāmañña).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mo̤n/
  • Audio (New Mon):(file)

Proper noun

မည် (mon)

  1. Mon.
    ဘာသာမည်Mon language
    ဂကူမည်Mon people

Descendants

  • Thai: มอญ (mɔɔn)