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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Pali mitto, and Mon မိတ်.
Noun
မိတ် • (mit)
- (pathology) prickly heat
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Pali mitta (“friend”), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra). Doublet of မေတ္တာ (metta).
Noun
မိတ် • (mit)
- friend, mate
Derived terms
References
Mon
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rmit ~ *rmiit ~ *rmiət (“Curcuma species; yellow”). Cognate with Khmer រមៀត (rɔmiət, “turmeric”), Semai remèèt (“turmeric”), Pali mitto.
Pronunciation
Noun
မိတ် (mit)
- (Botany) turmeric plant Curcuma longa Roxburgh.
Noun
မိတ် (mit)
- friendship amity.
Derived terms
- ဍာ်မိတ် (“to be yellow; buff-coloured”)
References
- ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) “မိတ်”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.