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Burmese
Etymology
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Particularly: “Apparently a compound of သား (sa:, “son”) + a syllable မီး (mi:) which denotes feminine qualities. The bilabial nasal "m" is associated with words for females in many languages across language families, including English mother and Welsh merch (“girl, maiden”), and Sino-Tibetan is no exception; see also အစ်မ (acma., “elder sister”).”
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Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: သ'မီး
- IPA(key): /θəmí/
- Romanization: MLCTS: sa.mi: • ALA-LC: samīʺ • BGN/PCGN: thămi: • Okell: thămì
Noun
သမီး • (sa.mi:)
- daughter
Coordinate terms
- သား (sa:, “son”)
- အဖ (a.hpa.), အဖေ (a.hpe, “father”)
- အမိ (a.mi.), အမေ (a.me, “mother”)
Derived terms
Particle
သမီး • (sa.mi:)
- particle suffixed to a noun to denote a kindred relation not founded on blood
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