မိ

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Burmese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-mi¹ (to catch, overtake), though STEDT adduces no additional cognates (and Luce 1981 makes no mention of this word).

Verb

မိ (mi.)

  1. to catch, manage to catch
  2. to get caught, be caught
  3. to be effective or appropriate, agree with
Derived terms

Particle

မိ (mi.)

  1. particle suffixed to verbs to convey the meaning of "happen to"

Etymology 2

The "honorific" sense is borrowed from Mon မိ.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The "mother" sense isn't given etymology by STEDT (miʼ "mother"). It does look a lot like Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (woman, female relative), though, as well as looking like a mama-type word.”

Noun

မိ (mi.)

  1. mother
  2. (honorific) a title used by Mon women
  3. (honorific) a title used by Burmese women in lieu of (ma.)
Derived terms

Further reading

Mon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mìʔ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

မိ (mi)

  1. mother.
    Audio:(file)
    အဲဒုၚ်တၠုၚ်တ္ၚဲမိ။
    I welcome mother's day.

Verb

မိ (mi)

  1. Mrs.
    Audio:(file)
    မိကျေဝ်မွဲကျိုင်လဝ်ကယျိုင်မန်ဆာန်ဠာန်ကွေံရ။။
    Mrs. Jay is dressed in Mon clothes it is very cute..

Western Pwo

Noun

မိ (transliteration needed)

  1. mother.