မောင်နှမ

Burmese

Etymology

Dvandva compound of မောင် (maung, “younger brother”) +‎ နှမ (hna.ma., “younger sister”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မောင်နှ'မ
  • IPA(key): /màʊɴn̥əma̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: maunghna.ma. • ALA-LC: moṅʻnhama • BGN/PCGN: maunghnăma. • Okell: mauñhnămá

Noun

မောင်နှမ • (maunghna.ma.)

  1. brother and sister
  2. siblings

Synonyms

  • သားချင်း (sa:hkyang:)
  • မွေးချင်း (mwe:hkyang:)

Further reading

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