མི
Dzongkha edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese 民 (mín).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
མི (mi)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
མི (mi)
Sherpa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n.
Noun edit
མི (mi) (Devanagari spelling मि)
References edit
- Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009
Tibetan edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese 民 (mín).
Pronunciation edit
- Old Tibetan: /*mi/
- Lhasa: /mi˩˨/
- Batang: /mi˥˧/
Noun edit
མི • (mi)
Derived terms edit
- དམག་མི (dmag mi)
- ཕྱི་རྒྱལ་གྱི་མི (phyi rgyal gyi mi)
- མི་ཚང (mi tshang)
- མི་ཚོགས (mi tshogs, “crowd”)
- མི་སེར (mi ser, “serf”)
- མིའི་གསོབ (mi'i gsob, “mannequin”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-. Variant of མ (ma), used in situations where མ (ma) is not used, usually with present and future stems of verbs.
Adverb edit
མི • (mi)