မှော်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m̥ɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hmau • ALA-LC: mhoʻ • BGN/PCGN: hmaw • Okell: hmo

Etymology 1

Noun

မှော် • (hmau)

  1. alga, duckweed, pondscum
  2. a kind of floral motif in relief
  3. decayed husks and wizened seeds of cereals and pulses
Derived terms
  • ပဲမှော် (pai:hmau)
  • မှော်ရုံ (hmaurum)
  • အမှော် (a.hmau)

Etymology 2

Noun

မှော် • (hmau)

  1. sorcery
  2. (figuratively) spell, hold, grip
Derived terms
  • မှော်ပေါက် (hmaupauk)
  • မှော်ရူး (hmauru:)
  • မှော်သွင်း (hmauswang:)
  • မှော်အောင် (hmauaung)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Shan မှော်.

Noun

မှော် • (hmau)

  1. place where jade is mined

Further reading

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