Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /meɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mit • ALA-LC: mitʻ • BGN/PCGN: meik • Okell: meiʔ

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Pali mitto, and Mon မိတ်.

Noun edit

မိတ် (mit)

  1. (pathology) prickly heat

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Pali mitta (friend), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra). Doublet of မေတ္တာ (metta).

Noun edit

မိတ် (mit)

  1. friend, mate
Derived terms edit

References edit

Mon edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rmit ~ *rmiit ~ *rmiət (Curcuma species; yellow). Cognate with Khmer រមៀត (rɔmiət, turmeric), Semai remèèt (turmeric), Pali mitto.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

မိတ် (mit)

  1. (Botany) turmeric plant Curcuma longa Roxburgh.

Noun edit

မိတ် (mit)

  1. friendship amity.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962), “မိတ်”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.