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မျိုး

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Burmese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m/b)rəw (grain; seed; lineage) (STEDT), whence Old Chinese (OC *mɯd, “thing, matter, substance”); see there for more cognates.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mjó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: myui: • ALA-LC: myuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: myo: • Okell: myoù

Noun

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မျိုး (myui:)

  1. kind, type, category, class
  2. pedigree, race, breed, strain, variety, species
  3. germ, gene, seed
  4. (of female animals) state of pregnancy

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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မျိုး (myui:)

  1. a unisex given name

Descendants

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Further reading

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