မှဲ့

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *r/s-mya-n (wen, mole). Compare Tibetan རྨེ (rme, mole, birthmark).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m̥ɛ̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hmai. • ALA-LC: mhaiʹ • BGN/PCGN: hmè. • Okell: hmé

Noun

မှဲ့ • (hmai.)

  1. mole (dark spot on the skin)

Derived terms

  • စံပယ်တင်မှဲ့ (campaitanghmai.)
  • မှဲ့စွန်း (hmai.cwan:)
  • မှဲ့ရှင် (hmai.hrang)

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