အမဲ
Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: အ'မဲ
- IPA(key): /ʔəmɛ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: a.mai: • ALA-LC: ʼamai • BGN/PCGN: ămè: • Okell: ămè
Etymology 1
[edit]From အ- (a.-) + a component မဲ (mai:) which traces back to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m(y/w)an ~ min (“flesh, meat, animal”); cognate with Lepcha [script needed] (a-mán, “flesh, meat”). Luce additionally adduces Old Chinese 膰 (OC *ban, “to cook meat for a sacrifice or offering”) as a cognate;[1] though semantically appealing, the differing initials (perhaps a relic of lost morphology?) would have to be explained, if related.
Noun
[edit]အမဲ • (a.mai:)
Derived terms
[edit]- အခဲအမဲ (a.hkai:a.mai:)
- အမိုက်အမဲ (a.muik-a.mai:)
- အမဲကောင် (a.mai:kaung)
- အမဲခြောက် (a.mai:hkrauk)
- အမဲဆီ (a.mai:hci)
- အမဲညှင်း (a.mai:hnyang:)
- အမဲပစ် (a.mai:pac)
- အမဲပေါ် (a.mai:pau)
- အမဲဖမ်း (a.mai:hpam:)
- အမဲဖျက် (a.mai:hpyak)
- အမဲရိုး (a.mai:rui:)
- အမဲလိုက် (a.mai:luik)
- အမဲလိုက်ခွေး (a.mai:luikhkwe:)
- အမဲသား (a.mai:sa:)
- အမဲသားငါး (a.mai:sa:nga:)
Etymology 2
[edit]See အမည်း (a.many:).
Noun
[edit]အမဲ • (a.mai:)
- Alternative form of အမည်း (a.many:, “black (color)”)
References
[edit]- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AY Finals (35. Meat; Flesh of game)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 20
Further reading
[edit]- “အမဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.