Burmese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-mej² (fire), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (fire). Cognate with Tibetan མེ (me).

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Noun edit

မီး (mi:)

  1. fire; conflagration
  2. light
  3. brilliance (of gems)
  4. consuming passion
  5. electricity

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Further reading edit

Shan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *miːᴬ (to have). Cognate with Thai มี (mii), Northern Thai ᨾᩦ, Khün ᨾᩦ, Lao ມີ (), ᦙᦲ (mii), Tai Dam ꪣꪲ, Zhuang miz, Ahom 𑜉𑜣 ().

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

မီး (míi) (abstract noun လွင်ႈမီး)

  1. (transitive) have
  2. (intransitive) be, exist

Adjective edit

မီး (míi) (abstract noun တၢင်းမီး)

  1. rich, wealthy