myä

Finnish

Etymology

Akin to eastern Finnish myö, but with the Tavastian sound change yö > yä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmyæ/, [ˈmyæ]
  • Rhymes: -yæ
  • Syllabification(key): my‧ä
  • Hyphenation(key): myä

Pronoun

myä (dialectal)

  1. (personal, Kymenlaakso) we

Synonyms

  • me (standard Finnish)
  • myö (eastern dialects)

See also

  • hyä (“they (people)”)
  • tyä (“you (plural)”)

References

  • “myä”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Tregami

Etymology

From Common Nuristani *māi, probably an early borrowing of Middle Chinese 米 (mejX). Compare Ashkun mā, Waigali mä, Kamkata-viri mo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmjæ/

Noun

myä (Gambir)[1]

  1. rice (in the field)

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “my′ä”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
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