myä

Finnish

Etymology

Akin to eastern Finnish myö, but with the Tavastian sound change yö > yä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyæ/, [ˈmyæ]
• Rhymes: -yæ
• Hyphenation^(key): myä

Pronoun

myä (dialectal)

1. (personal, Kymenlaakso) we

Synonyms

• me (standard Finnish)
• myö (eastern dialects)

See also

• hyä (“they (people)”)
• tyä (“you (plural)”)

References

• “myä”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Tregami

Etymology

From Common Nuristani *māi, probably an early borrowing of Middle Chinese 米 (mei^X). Compare Ashkun mā, Waigali mä, Kamkata-viri mo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjæ/

Noun

myä (Gambir)

1. rice (in the field)