မြေး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b/m-ləy (“grandchild, nephew, niece”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen လံၤ (leē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mjé/

Romanization: MLCTS: mre: • ALA-LC: mreʺ • BGN/PCGN: mye: • Okell: myeì

Noun

မြေး • (mre:)

grandchild

Derived terms

မြေးမ (mre:ma.)

See also

(kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), ^{(Category: my:Family)}

References

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

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