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Burmese
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: အ'မ
- IPA(key): /ʔəma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.ma. • ALA-LC: ʼama • BGN/PCGN: ăma. • Okell: ămá
Etymology 1
အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + မ (ma., “female”).
Noun
အမ • (a.ma.)
- female of a species
- fruit-bearing tree or plant; female plant; pistillate plant
- negative pole
- larger face in a two-headed drum
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Reduced pronunciation of အစ်မ (acma.).
Noun
အမ • (a.ma.)
- elder sister
Coordinate terms
- ညီ (nyi, “younger brother”)
- ညီမ (nyima., “younger sister”)
- အကို (a.kui, “elder brother”)
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