མི

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See also: མ, མེ, and མོ

Dzongkha

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese 民 (mín).

Pronunciation

Noun

མི (mi)

  1. person, human
  2. people, set of persons
  3. mortal
  4. man
  5. -er (agent noun-forming suffix)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-.

Pronunciation

Adverb

མི (mi)

  1. not, non-

Sherpa

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n.

Noun

མི (mi) (Devanagari spelling मि)

  1. man

References

  • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese 民 (mín).

Pronunciation

Noun

མི • (mi)

  1. person, human being, man
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-. Variant of མ (ma), used in situations where མ (ma) is not used, usually with present and future stems of verbs.

Adverb

མི • (mi)

  1. (prepositional negative particle) not, un-

References

  • “མི” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
  • “མི” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.
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