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Burmese
Alternative spelling
- မိမ္မ (mimma.) (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Burmese မိယ်မ (miy ma). The first element is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n (“people, man, human being”), which is cognate with Chinese 民 (mín, “people, men”).
An outdated folk etymology claimed that the word was derived from မီးမာ (mi:ma, “burned scar”). Traditional Burmese-Buddhist origin myth says that proto-women got burned scars after they fell from celestial grace.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /méɪɴma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: min:ma. • ALA-LC: minʻʺma • BGN/PCGN: mein:ma. • Okell: meìñmá
Noun
မိန်းမ • (min:ma.) (classifier ယောက် or ဦး)
- woman
Coordinate terms
References
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2002 January 1, Rudolf A. Yanson, A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions, Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167: