မေ

See also: မေ့ and မေး

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mè/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: me • ALA-LC: me • BGN/PCGN: me • Okell: mei

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English May.

Noun

မေ • (me)

  1. (~လ) May
Derived terms
  • မေဒေး (mede:)
  • မေမြို့ပန်း (me-mrui.pan:)
Descendants
  • Shan: မေႇ (mèe)

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

Etymology 2

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman; female relative”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

မေ • (me)

  1. term of endearment used by a man to address his wife or lover
Derived terms

Proper noun

မေ • (me)

  1. a female given name

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • me (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • मे (Devanagari script)
  • মে (Bengali script)
  • මෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • เม (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເມ (Lao script)
  • មេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄬 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

မေ

  1. Burmese script form of me, enclitic genitive/dative singular of အဟံ (ahaṃ)
  2. Burmese script form of me, enclitic instrumental/ablative singular of အဟံ (ahaṃ)
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