မ

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See also: -မ and မာ

မ U+1019, မ
MYANMAR LETTER MA
← ဘ
 		Myanmar ယ →

Burmese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma̰/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

မ • (ma.)

  1. Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“female, mother, principal part, feminine suffix”). STEDT compares the Tibeto-Burman with the pictographic form of Old Chinese 毋 (OC *ma, “not”), as well as implicitly 母 (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”), the latter from the possibly-related Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman”). Luce gives 拇 (OC *mɯʔ, “thumb, big toe”) (in addition to Tibetan མོ (mo, “female”)) as a particularly close cognate,[1] which appears to stem from *ma and is supported by Schuessler 2007. For a semantic parallel with partial cognacy from this root and syllable, note လက်မ (lakma.​, “thumb”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

မ • (ma.)

  1. main, original
  2. big, mature

Noun

မ • (ma.)

  1. female of a species
  2. Abbreviation of မိန်းမ (min:ma., “woman”).
  3. center segment of a spokeless cartwheel where the hub is

Particle

မ • (ma.)

  1. (honorific) form of address for younger women, prefixed to their proper name; miss
    မမိုးယုစံ
    ma.mui:yu.cam
    Ma Moe Yu San
  2. word used as a suffix to denote feminine gender
Coordinate terms

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ma "lift"), while Luce gives Tibetan སྤོར་ (spor, “to lift up, elevate”) as a cognate.[2]”

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ
  • IPA(key): /ma̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má

Verb

မ • (ma.)

  1. to lift
  2. to support, assist, help
  3. to supervise, guide, gather, drive
  4. (figuratively) to shower attention on, pamper
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Mon: မ (“to support”)

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (maʼ "odd, not even"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Perhaps a semantic extension of the "female, main" sense?”

Noun

မ • (ma.)

  1. odd number
Derived terms

Etymology 5

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ'
  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

  1. not (prefixed to the verb, which is itself followed by another negative particle such as ဘူး (bhu:) or နဲ့ (nai.))
Derived terms

Etymology 6

Contraction of မယ် (mai).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ'
  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

  1. (colloquial) Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)
    ဘာ စားမလဲ။
    bha ca:ma.lai:||
    What will you eat?

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (74. Original; Main (road, village, finger, etc.)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 5
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (77. to Lift, Support, Help)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 5

Further reading

Mon

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Mon realisation of the translingual entity.

Letter

မ (ma)

  1. Burmese, ma, MA

Etymology 2

Noun

မ (ma)

  1. (chiefly formal) father (chiefly in formal contexts)[1]
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

မ (ma)

  1. seed, kernel, pill, small particle, small round object, quantifier for fruit, clocks.[1]
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Burmese မ (ma., “to lift”).[1] Cognate with Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a, “to support”).

Verb

မ (ma)

  1. to bear up, support[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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