နှမ
Burmese
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: နှ'မ
- IPA(key): /n̥əma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hna.ma. • ALA-LC: nhama • BGN/PCGN: hnăma. • Okell: hnămá
Noun
နှမ • (hna.ma.)
- younger sister (of a male)
Usage notes
The term has largely been displaced by ညီမ (nyima.), which in pre-colonial times referenced the younger sister of a female.
Derived terms
- နှမစုံမွေး (hna.ma.cummwe:)
- မောင်စုံနှမစုံမွေး (maungcumhna.ma.cummwe:)
- မောင်နှမ (maunghna.ma.)
- မောင်လည်နှမလည် (maunglanyhna.ma.lany)
References
- “နှမ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.