အမိ

See also: မီး, အမည်, အမ, အမှဲ, and အိမ်

Burmese

Etymology

From အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ မိ (mi., “mother”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'မိ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəmḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.mi. • ALA-LC: ʼami • BGN/PCGN: ămi. • Okell: ămí

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Noun

အမိ • (a.mi.)

1. mother

   Synonyms: အမေ (a.me), မိခင် (mi.hkang)

2. term of address for a woman as old as one's mother
3. term of address for a woman of the same age or younger than one

Coordinate terms

• သမီး (sa.mi:, “daughter”)
• သား (sa:, “son”)
• အဖ (a.hpa.), အဖေ (a.hpe, “father”)

Derived terms

• သားအမိ (sa:a.mi.)
• အမိညဲ (a.mi.nyai:)
• အမိအဖ (a.mi.a.hpa.)
• အရအမိ (a.ra.a.mi.)

 

Further reading

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