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See also: -မ and မာ

မ U+1019, မ
MYANMAR LETTER MA
← ဘ
 		Myanmar ယ →

Burmese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma̰/
  • (file)

Letter

မ • (ma.)

  1. Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ'
  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

  1. not (prefixed to the verb, which is itself followed by another negative particle such as ဘူး (bhu:) or နဲ့ (nai.).)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ma.

Pronunciation

Adjective

မ • (ma.)

  1. main, original
  2. big, mature

Noun

မ • (ma.)

  1. (honorific) Form of address for younger women; miss
    မမိုးယုစံ
    ma.mui:yu.cam
    Ma Moe Yu San
  2. female of a species
  3. Abbreviation of မိန်းမ (min:ma.).
  4. odd number
Coordinate terms

See also

Etymology 4

Contraction of မယ် (mai)..

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ'
  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)
    ဘာ စားမလဲ။
    bha ca:ma.lai:||
    What will you eat?

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ
  • IPA(key): /ma̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má

Verb

မ • (ma.)

  1. to lift
  2. to support, assist, help, gather, drive
  3. to shower attention, pamper
Descendants
  • → Mon: မ (“to support”)

References

Mon

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Mon realisation of the translingual entity.

Letter

မ (ma)

  1. Burmese, ma, MA

Etymology 2

Noun

မ (ma)

  1. (chiefly formal) father (chiefly in formal contexts)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

မ (ma)

  1. seed, kernel, pill, small particle, small round object, quantifier for fruit, clocks.
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Burmese မ (ma., “to lift”). Cognate with Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a, “to support”).

Verb

မ (ma)

  1. to bear up, support

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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