မို့

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mui. • ALA-LC: muiʹ • BGN/PCGN: mo. • Okell: moú

Etymology 1

Adjective

မို့ • (mui.)

1. elevated, plump, puffy

Derived terms

• ပါးမို့ (pa:mui.)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT, and not by Luce 1981.”)

Particle

မို့ • (mui.)

1. (same as မို့လို့ (mui.lui.)) particle suffixed to nouns and pronouns: "because (it was you)", "only"

Derived terms

• မို့လို့ (mui.lui.)
• သို့မို့ကြောင့် (sui.mui.kraung.)

Further reading

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

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese မိုး (mui:).

Noun

မို့ (transliteration needed)

1. sky