ကျွန်မ

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Burmese

Etymology

From ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”) +‎ -မ (-ma., “feminine”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ကျွန်မ, ကျွန်'မ
  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕʊ̀ɴma̰/, /t͡ɕəma̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: kywanma. • ALA-LC: kyvanʻma • BGN/PCGN: kyunma./kyăma. • Okell: cuñmá/cămá

Pronoun

ကျွန်မ • (kywanma.)

  1. (women's speech) I, me (formal polite, used by females)
    Synonyms: (formal polite, used by males) ကျွန်တော် (kywantau), (colloquial polite, used by males) ကျနော် (kya.nau), (colloquial polite, used by females) ကျမ (kya.ma.), (familiar) ငါ (nga)

See also

Burmese personal pronouns
Burmese Person Level of
speech		 Remarks
ငါ (nga) First Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ကျွန်တော် (kywantau) First Formal used by males
ကျွန်မ (kywanma.) First Formal used by females
ကျွန်ုပ် First Informal
ကျုပ် (kyup) First Informal
နင် (nang) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
မင်း (mang:) Second Informal used when speaking to one's equals or inferiors
ညည်း (nyany:) Second Informal used by females when addressing another female of same age or one younger
တော် (tau) Second Informal used by females
ခင်ဗျား (hkangbya:) Second Formal used by males
ရှင် (hrang) Second Formal used by females
သင် (sang), အသင် (a.sang) Second Formal
သူ (su) Third
သင်း (sang:) Third
ချင်း (hkyang:) Third

Noun

ကျွန်မ • (kywanma.)

  1. female slave
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