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Burmese

မင် (mang)

Pronunciation

(for both senses:)

  • Phonetic respelling: မှင်
  • IPA(key): /m̥ɪ̀ɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mang • ALA-LC: maṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hmin • Okell: hmiñ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-maŋ ~ s-mak (“black, dark; ink”). Cognate with Tibetan སྨག (smag, “dark, darkness”), མོག་པ (mog pa, “dark-coloured”) and Old Chinese 墨 (OC *mlɯːɡ, “ink”).

The Myanmar-English Dictionary’s derivation from Pali masi (“soot”) is phonologically implausible.

Noun

မင် • (mang)

  1. ink (colored fluid used for writing, printing, tattooing)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Mon: မှၚ် (hmɛŋ)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (maŋ "like, love"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

မင် • (mang)

  1. to like, love, be fond of
Derived terms

Further reading

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Pronunciation

Verb

မင် (maṅ)

  1. alternative form of မၚ်
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