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Burmese
Pronunciation
Verb
မံ • (mam)
- to cover something with a pasty substance; to plaster.
Descendants
Pali
Alternative scripts
- maṃ (Latin script)
- 𑀫𑀁 (Brahmi script)
- मं (Devanagari script)
- মং (Bengali script)
- මං (Sinhalese script)
- มํ or มัง (Thai script)
- ᨾᩴ (Tai Tham script)
- ມໍ or ມັງ (Lao script)
- មំ (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄁 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
မံ
- me (Burmese script form of maṃ, which is accusative singular of အဟံ (ahaṃ))
S'gaw Karen
Etymology 1
From Proto-Karen *hmejᴬ (“lie down, sleep”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/s-mwəj (“to sleep; to dream”). Cognate with Western Pwo မံၫ, Eastern Pwo မီ့ (mî), Western Kayah ꤥ꤬ꤗꤛꤢꤩ (òmye).
Verb
မံ • (mee)
- to sleep
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Karen *ʔminᴬ (“ripe, cooked”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-min (“ripe, cooked, delicious”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo မိင့် (mêiɴ), Burmese မှည့် (hmany.).
Verb
မံ • (mee)
- (stative) to be ripe