မ

See also: -မ and မာ

Translingual

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ma̰/
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Letter

မ

1. Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

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Burmese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /mə/

Particle

မ • (ma.) Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

1. not (prefixed to the verb, which is itself followed by another negative particle such as ဘူး or နဲ့.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ma̰/

Noun

မ • (ma.) Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má

1. Form of address for younger women; miss

   မမိုးယုစံ

   ma.mui:yu.cam

   Ma Moe Yu San

Coordinate terms

• ကို (kui) (for younger men)
• ဒေါ် (dau) (for older women)
• ဦး (u:) (for older men)

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Etymology 3

Particle

မ • (ma.)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)

   ဘာ စားမလဲ။

   bha ca:ma.lai:||

   What will you eat?

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Mon

Etymology 1

Noun

မ (mɛ̀ˀ)

1. (chiefly formal) father (chiefly in formal contexts)

Synonyms

• တ (taˀ)

Etymology 2

Noun

မ (mɛ̀ˀ)

1. seed

Synonyms

• မ ဗၞး (mɛ̀ˀ həne)