meuu

Hlai

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /meɯ˥˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hlai *C-mɯː (“you (singular)”), from Pre-Hlai *C-mɯː (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *mɯŋᴬ (“singular second-person pronoun (weak)”) (whence Thai มึง (mʉng)).

Pronoun

meuu

1. you (singular)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hlai *C-mɯː (“hand”), from Pre-Hlai *C-mɯː (Norquest, 2015). Compare Proto-Tai *mwɯːᴬ (“hand”) (whence Thai มือ (mʉʉ)).

Noun

meuu

1. hand

Classifier

meuu

1. used for handfuls of something, bundles or bunches