မေႏ

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *hmeᴮ (“fire”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *me² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen မ့ၣ် (maỳ), Western Pwo မ့ၪ, Western Kayah ꤗꤤ꤬ (mì).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /me⁵⁵/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /me³³/

Noun

မေႏ (transliteration needed)

1. fire.