မ့ၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Pronunciation

  • (Mae Hong Son) IPA(key): /me²¹ˀ/
  • (Kayin State) IPA(key): /me⁵²ˀ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *hmeᴮ (“fire”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *me² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”).

Cognates

Noun

မ့ၣ် • (maỳ)

  1. fire
Compounds

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *hmejᴮ (“nail”) (Luangthongkum, 2019). Cognate with Eastern Pwo မီး (mí).

Noun

မ့ၣ် • (maỳ)

  1. (စု~) fingernail
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