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Burmese
Etymology
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Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (moŋ "brother of a woman"), while Luce adduces no cognates.[1] Related to Old Chinese 孟 (OC *mraːŋs, “eldest brother”) somehow? Perhaps the differing vowel shifts meaning from "older" to "younger"?”
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Pronunciation
Noun
မောင် • (maung)
- younger brother (of a female)
- titleholder of a bodybuilding contest
- (honorific) term of endearment to a younger male; form of address to younger man used by women
- title prefixed to the proper name of a male
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References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (64. Brother (of a woman)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 87
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