မ

မ

See also: -မ and မာ

မ U+1019, မ MYANMAR LETTER MA ← ဘ [U+1018] Myanmar ယ → [U+101A]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma̰/

• (file)

Letter

မ

1. Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

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Burmese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'
• IPA^(key): /mə/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

1. not (prefixed to the verb, which is itself followed by another negative particle such as ဘူး (bhu:) or နဲ့ (nai.).)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má

Adjective

1. main, original
2. big, mature

Noun

မ • (ma.)

1. (honorific) Form of address for younger women; miss

   မမိုးယုစံ

   ma.mui:yu.cam

   Ma Moe Yu San

2. female of a species
3. Abbreviation of မိန်းမ (min:ma.).
4. odd number

Coordinate terms

• ကို (kui) (for younger men)
• ဒေါ် (dau) (for older women)
• ဦး (u:) (for older men)

See also

• -မ (-ma.)

Etymology 3

Contraction of မယ် (mai)..

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'
• IPA^(key): /mə/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)

   ဘာ စားမလဲ။

   bha ca:ma.lai:||

   What will you eat?

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ
• IPA^(key): /ma̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má

Verb

မ • (ma.)

1. to lift
2. to support, assist, help, gather, drive
3. to shower attention, pamper

Descendants

• → Mon: မ (“to support”)

References

• “မ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̤ʔ/

• (file)

Etymology 1

Mon realisation of the translingual entity.

Letter

မ (ma)

1. Burmese, ma, MA

Noun

မ (ma)

1. (chiefly formal) father (chiefly in formal contexts)[1]

Synonyms

• တ (ta)

Noun

မ (ma)

1. seed, kernel, pill, small particle, small round object, quantifier for fruit, clocks.[1]

Synonyms

• မ ဗၞး (ma bna)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Burmese မ (ma., “to lift”).[1] Cognate with Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a, “to support”).

Verb

မ (ma)

1. to bear up, support[1]

References

1. Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.