မျိုး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (“grain; seed; lineage”) (STEDT), whence Old Chinese 物 (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”); see there for more cognates. That said, the phonetics of the aforementioned Chinese comparandum make comparison tenuous; a much closer cognate is 苗 (OC *mrew, “seedling”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mjó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: myui: • ALA-LC: myuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: myo: • Okell: myoù

Noun

မျိုး • (myui:)

  1. kind, type, category, class
  2. pedigree, race, breed, strain, variety, species
  3. germ, gene, seed
  4. (of female animals) state of pregnancy

Derived terms

Proper noun

မျိုး • (myui:)

  1. a unisex given name

Descendants

  • → Shan: မဵဝ်း (máeo) / မျူဝ်း (mjó)
  • → Lü: ᦙᦷᦍ (myo)
  • → S'gaw Karen: မၠိ (myoh)

Further reading

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