နှမ

Burmese

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: နှ'မ

IPA^(key): /n̥əma̰/

Romanization: MLCTS: hna.ma. • ALA-LC: nhama • BGN/PCGN: hnăma. • Okell: hnămá

Noun

နှမ • (hna.ma.)

younger sister (of a male)

Usage notes

The term has largely been displaced by ညီမ (nyima.), which in pre-colonial times referenced the younger sister of a female.

Derived terms

နှမစုံမွေး (hna.ma.cummwe:)
မောင်စုံနှမစုံမွေး (maungcumhna.ma.cummwe:)
မောင်နှမ (maunghna.ma.)
မောင်လည်နှမလည် (maunglanyhna.ma.lany)

References

“နှမ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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