-မှု

Burmese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Appears to be a suffix form of မှု (hmu., “to treat with attention, respect”).”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /m̥ṵ/
Romanization: MLCTS: hmu. • ALA-LC: mhu • BGN/PCGN: hmu. • Okell: hmú

Suffix

-မှု • (-hmu.)

a nominalizer for verb, adjective, and adverb
also appends to nouns to express some concept of the root word