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Burmese
Etymology
Orthographic shift from original မုံံ့. The original meanings appear to be "bread" and "small, minute". Not given etymology by STEDT (mun. "bread"), while Luce adduces Old Chinese 饅 (OC *moːn, “steamed bread”) as cognate.
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Particularly: “Perhaps in the same word family as မှုန့် (hmun., “flour, powder”)?”
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Pronunciation
Noun
မုန့် • (mun.)
- snack (food other than the main meal)
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References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UN Finals (12. Bread)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 57
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