မိုး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *muːŋ ~ r/s-muːk (“sky, clouds, fog”). Doublet of မြူ (mru, “fog”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mó/

Romanization: MLCTS: mui: • ALA-LC: mui″ • BGN/PCGN: mo: • Okell: moù

Noun

မိုး • (mui:)

sky (atmosphere above a point)
rain (condensed water from a cloud)

Synonyms

(sky): ကောင်းကင် (kaung:kang)

References

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

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