မှ
Burmese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m̥a̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hma. • ALA-LC: mha • BGN/PCGN: hma. • Okell: hmá
Postposition
မှ • (hma.)
- postpositional marker equivalent to the locative preposition: from
Conjunction
မှ • (hma.)
Particle
မှ • (hma.)
- particle infixed between replicated nouns and verbs to denote emphasis
- ငါမှငါ၊ပြောမှပြောရက်ပလေတယ်။ ― ngahma.nga|prau:hma.prau:rakpa.letai|| ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- နိုင်မှနိုင်ပါ့မလား။ ― nuinghma.nuingpa.ma.la:|| ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- ဖြစ်မှဖြစ်ရလေခြင်း၊ကောင်းမှကောင်း ― hprachma.hpracra.lehkrang:|kaung:hma.kaung: ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Determiner
မှ • (hma.)
- any (in a negative sentence)
- ဘာအဓိပ္ပာယ်မှ မရဘူး။
- bhaa.dhippayhma. ma.ra.bhu:||
- It hasn’t any meaning
Derived terms
Further reading
- “မှ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
- “မှ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.