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Burmese
Etymology
For the "julienne" sense, STEDT provisionally derives the word from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-m(j)aŋ¹/³ (“long (time)”), whence Lahu mɔ (“to last a long time”). Outside of Lolo-Burmese, STEDT tentatively compares Old Chinese 永 (OC *ɢʷraŋʔ, “eternal”), though the phonetics are not a very good match. Note also similarities to 麵 (OC *meːns, “noodles”).
The "cut into thin strips" and "shrimp" senses are grouped together by MED, perhaps as shrimp tend to be long and thin. Whether they are indeed etymologically related is uncertain, however.
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Particularly: “For the "shrimp" sense, STEDT doesn't give an etymology (hmyaŋ- "shrimp"), while Luce doesn't appear to mention the word.”
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m̥jɪ̀ɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hmyang • ALA-LC: myhaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hmyin • Okell: hmyiñ
Verb
မျှင် • (hmyang)
- to cut into long thin strips or strands
Noun
မျှင် • (hmyang)
- shrimp, prawn
- Hypernym: ပုစွန် (pu.cwan)
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