မံ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /màɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mam • ALA-LC: maṃ • BGN/PCGN: man • Okell: mañ

Verb

မံ • (mam)

  1. to cover something with a pasty substance; to plaster.

Descendants

  • → Shan: မၢမ်ႇ (màam)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • maṃ (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀁 (Brahmi script)
  • मं (Devanagari script)
  • মং (Bengali script)
  • මං (Sinhalese script)
  • มํ or มัง (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩴ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມໍ or ມັງ (Lao script)
  • មំ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄁 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

မံ

  1. me (Burmese script form of maṃ, which is accusative singular of အဟံ (ahaṃ))

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *hmejᴬ (“lie down, sleep”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-mi(k) (“to sleep; to dream”). Cognate with Western Pwo မံၫ, Eastern Pwo မီ့ (mî), Western Kayah ꤥ꤬ꤗꤛꤢꤩ (òmye).

Verb

မံ • (mee)

  1. to sleep
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *ʔminᴬ (“ripe, cooked”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-min (“ripe, cooked, delicious”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo မိင့် (mêiɴ), Pa'o Karen မဉ် (mìn), Burmese မှည့် (hmany.).

Verb

မံ • (mee)

  1. (stative) to be ripe
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