အမေ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ မေ (me); From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“mother, woman”).

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'မေ

IPA^(key): /ʔəmè/

Romanization: MLCTS: a.me • ALA-LC: ʼame • BGN/PCGN: ăme • Okell: ămei

Noun

အမေ • (a.me)

mother

Synonyms

အမိ (a.mi.)

Coordinate terms

သမီး (sa.mi:, “daughter”)
သား (sa:, “son”)
အဖ (a.hpa.), အဖေ (a.hpe, “father”)

Descendants

→ Mon: အမေ

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အမေ (a.me).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əmè/

Noun

အမေ (əmè)

mother

References

Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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