Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-məw (sky, clouds, fog). Doublet of မြူ (mru, fog).

The "roof, hold over, tower" senses are considered equivalent to the "sky" sense by MED, but possibly different by STEDT (amui: "roof"). They appear to be semantic extensions from "sky" > "what lies above" > "roof, hold over".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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မိုး (mui:) (classifier ပြိုက်)

  1. sky (atmosphere above a point)
    Synonym: ကောင်းကင် (kaung:kang)
  2. rain (condensed water from a cloud)
  3. rainy season
  4. roof

Verb

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မိုး (mui:)

  1. to hold something over the head; to hold something over someone or something
  2. to roof
  3. to tower

Proper noun

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မိုး (mui:)

  1. a unisex given name

Derived terms

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Further reading

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