မတ်
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maʔ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: mat • ALA-LC: matʻ • BGN/PCGN: mat • Okell: maʔ
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (mat "steep"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)
Adjective
မတ် • (mat)
Verb
မတ် • (mat)
- to right, make right
Derived terms
- ကြပ်မတ် (krapmat)
- ခရီးမတ်တတ် (hka.ri:mattat)
- စိုက်စိုက်မတ်မတ် (cuikcuikmatmat)
- စိုက်လိုက်မတ်တတ် (cuikluikmattat)
- တစ်သမတ်တည်း (tacsa.mattany:)
- တန်းတန်းမတ်မတ် (tan:tan:matmat)
- မတ်စောက် (matcauk)
- မတ်တတ် (mattat)
- မတ်တတ်စင်း (mattatcang:)
- မတ်တတ်စာ (mattatca)
- မတ်တတ်နာ (mattatna)
- မတ်တတ်ပြေး (mattatpre:)
- မတ်မတ် (matmat)
- မတ်ရပ်တော် (matraptau)
- မျဉ်းမတ် (myany:mat)
- မားမားမတ်မတ် (ma:ma:matmat)
- မိုးတိုးမတ်တတ် (mui:tui:mattat)
- လမ်းမတ်တတ် (lam:mattat)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Doesn't seem to have clear connections in other languages.”)
Noun
မတ် • (mat)
- brother-in-law, specifically younger sister's husband, or husband's younger brother
Coordinate terms
- ခယ်မ (hkaima., “sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”)
- ချွေးမ (hkywe:ma., “daughter-in-law”)
- ခဲအို (hkai:ui, “brother-in-law (older sister's husband)”)
- မတ် (mat, “brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)”)
- မရီး (ma.ri:, “sister-in-law (older brother's wife)”)
- ယောက္ခထီး (yaukhka.hti:, “father-in-law”)
- ယောက္ခမ (yaukhka.ma., “mother-in-law”)
- ယောက်ဖ (yaukhpa., “brother-in-law (general)”)
- ယောင်းမ (yaung:ma., “sister-in-law (general)”)
- သားမက် (sa:mak, “son-in-law”)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Pali māsa, from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “bean”).
Noun
မတ် • (mat)
- a quarter of a monetary unit (e.g., kyat, dollar)
- (historical) mat, a former Burmese coin equal to 25 pya (a quarter of a kyat)
Derived terms
Related terms
See Appendix:Burmese units of measure.
Etymology 4
Noun
မတ် • (mat)
Descendants
- → Shan: မၢတ်ႉ (mâ̰at)
See also
Etymology 5
Noun
မတ် • (mat)
Further reading
- “မတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *mat (“eye”). Cognate with Nyah Kur มัด่, Khmer មាត់ (mŏət).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mòt/
Noun
မတ် (mòt)
- jewel precious stone.
Noun
မတ် (mòt)
- the edge of any cutting instrument.
Numeral
မတ် (mòt)
- in medical prescriptions.
Noun
မတ် (mòt)
- eye precious stone cutting edge edge of cutting instrument.