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သမီး

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Burmese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Apparently a compound of သား (sa:, son) + a syllable မီး (mi:) which denotes feminine qualities. The bilabial nasal "m" is associated with words for females in many languages across language families, including English mother and Welsh merch (girl, maiden), and Sino-Tibetan is no exception; see also အစ်မ (acma., elder sister).”

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: သ'မီး
  • IPA(key): /θəmí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sa.mi: • ALA-LC: samīʺ • BGN/PCGN: thămi: • Okell: thămì

Noun

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သမီး (sa.mi:)

  1. daughter

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Particle

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သမီး (sa.mi:)

  1. particle suffixed to a noun to denote a kindred relation not founded on blood

Further reading

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