မုန့်

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See also: မုနိ

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 (OC *moːn, “steamed bread”) as cognate.[1]

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Particularly: “Perhaps in the same word family as မှုန့် (hmun., flour, powder)?”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mo̰ʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mun. • ALA-LC: munʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: mon. • Okell: moúñ

Noun

မုန့် (mun.)

  1. snack (food other than the main meal)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Jingpho: muk
  • Shan: မုၼ်း (mún)

References

  1. ^ 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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