မံ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /màɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: mam • ALA-LC: maṃ • BGN/PCGN: man • Okell: mañ

Verb

မံ • (mam)

1. to cover something with a pasty substance; to plaster.

Descendants

• → Shan: မၢမ်ႇ (màam)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• maṃ (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀁 (Brahmi script)
• मं (Devanagari script)
• মং (Bengali script)
• මං (Sinhalese script)
• มํ or มัง (Thai script)
• ᨾᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ມໍ or ມັງ (Lao script)
• មំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄁 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

မံ

1. me (Burmese script form of maṃ, which is accusative singular of အဟံ (ahaṃ))

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *hmejᴬ (“lie down, sleep”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/s-mwəj (“to sleep; to dream”). Cognate with Western Pwo မံၫ, Eastern Pwo မီ့ (mî), Western Kayah ꤥ꤬ꤗꤛꤢꤩ (òmye).

Verb

မံ • (mee)

1. to sleep

Derived terms

• လီၢ်မံ (law̱ mee)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *ʔminᴬ (“ripe, cooked”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-min (“ripe, cooked, delicious”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo မိင့် (mêiɴ), Burmese မှည့် (hmany.).

Verb

မံ • (mee)

1. (stative) to be ripe