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မိ

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-mi¹ (to catch, overtake), though STEDT adduces no additional cognates (and Luce 1981 makes no mention of this word).

Verb

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မိ (mi.)

  1. to catch, manage to catch
  2. to get caught, be caught
  3. to be effective or appropriate, agree with
Derived terms
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Particle

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မိ (mi.)

  1. particle suffixed to verbs to convey the meaning of "happen to"

Etymology 2

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The "honorific" sense is borrowed from Mon မိ.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The "mother" sense isn't given etymology by STEDT (miʼ "mother"). It does look a lot like Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (woman, female relative), though, as well as looking like a mama-type word.”

Noun

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မိ (mi.)

  1. mother
  2. (honorific) a title used by Mon women
  3. (honorific) a title used by Burmese women in lieu of (ma.)
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Further reading

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Mon

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mìʔ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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မိ (mi)

  1. mother.
    Audio:(file)
    အဲဒုၚ်တၠုၚ်တ္ၚဲမိ။
    I welcome mother's day.

Verb

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မိ (mi)

  1. Mrs.
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    မိကျေဝ်မွဲကျိုင်လဝ်ကယျိုင်မန်ဆာန်ဠာန်ကွေံရ။။
    Mrs. Jay is dressed in Mon clothes it is very cute..

Western Pwo

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Noun

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မိ (transliteration needed)

  1. mother.