mă-un

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Jingpho

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Shan မၢၵ်ႇဢုၼ် (màak ʼǔn), the latter element ultimately from Burmese အုန်း (un:).

Noun

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mă-un (Burmese script မအုန်)

  1. coconut

References

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  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128