မိသားစု

Burmese

Etymology

မိ (mi., “mother”) +‎ သား (sa:, “child”) +‎ စု (cu., “group”). The first syllable invokes the sense of မိဘ (mi.bha., “parents”), the second သားသမီး (sa:sa.mi:, “children”), and the third အစု (a.cu., “group”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မိ+သားဇု
• IPA^(key): /mḭðázṵ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mi.sa:cu. • ALA-LC: misāʺcu • BGN/PCGN: mi.dha:zu. • Okell: míthàsú

Noun

မိသားစု • (mi.sa:cu.)

1. family; household

Further reading

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