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မောင်

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (moŋ "brother of a woman"), while Luce adduces no cognates.[1] Related to Old Chinese (OC *mraːŋs, “eldest brother”) somehow? Perhaps the differing vowel shifts meaning from "older" to "younger"?”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /màʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: maung • ALA-LC: moṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: maung • Okell: mauñ

Noun

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မောင် (maung)

  1. younger brother (of a female)
  2. titleholder of a bodybuilding contest
  3. (honorific) term of endearment to a younger male; form of address to younger man used by women
  4. title prefixed to the proper name of a male

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-OṄ Finals (64. Brother (of a woman)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 87

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