မယ်တော်

Burmese

Etymology

မယ် (mai) +‎ -တော် (-tau)

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: မယ်ဒေါ်

IPA^(key): /mɛ̀dɔ̀/

Romanization: MLCTS: maitau • ALA-LC: mayʻtoʻ • BGN/PCGN: mèdaw • Okell: meto

Noun

မယ်တော် • (maitau)

(honorific, royal) mother
(Buddhism, honorific) mother (of Buddhist monks)

Coordinate terms

ခမည်းတော် (hka.many:tau)

References

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

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