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အမျိုးသား

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Burmese

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Etymology

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အမျိုး (a.myui:, “kind, sort”) +‎ -သား (-sa:, “son”), literally “son of the race”, probably a calque of Pali kulaputta (“idem”) (from kula + putta).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: အ'မျိုး+သား
  • IPA(key): /ʔəmjóðá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.myui:sa: • ALA-LC: ʼamyuiʺsāʺ • BGN/PCGN: ămyo:dha: • Okell: ămyoùthà

Noun

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အမျိုးသား • (a.myui:sa:)

  1. national; nationality
  2. man
  3. husband

References

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  1. ^ John Okell, Burmese (Myanmar), An Introduction to the Spoken Language, Book 1, page 230

Further reading

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