မ

See also: -မ and မာ
မ U+1019, မ
MYANMAR LETTER MA
← ဘ
[U+1018] 		Myanmar ယ →
[U+101A]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma̰/
  • (file)

Letter

မ

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

Burmese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ'
  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

မ • (ma.)

  1. Form of address for younger women; miss
    မမိုးယုစံ
    ma.mui:yu.cam
    Ma Moe Yu San

Coordinate terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: မ'
  • IPA(key): /mə/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

  1. Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)
    ဘာ စားမလဲ။
    bha ca:ma.lai:||
    What will you eat?

Mon

Etymology 1

Noun

မ (mɛ̀ˀ)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

မ (mɛ̀ˀ)

  1. seed
Synonyms
  • မ ဗၞး (mɛ̀ˀ həne)
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