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မုန့်

See also: မုနိ

Burmese

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Etymology

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Orthographic shift from original မုံံ့. The original meanings appear to be "bread" and "small, minute". Not given etymology by STEDT (mun. "bread"), while Luce adduces Old Chinese 饅 (OC *moːn, “steamed bread”) as cognate.[1]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Perhaps in the same word family as မှုန့် (hmun., “flour, powder”)?”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mo̰ʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mun. • ALA-LC: munʻʹ • BGN/PCGN: mon. • Okell: moúñ

Noun

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မုန့် • (mun.)

  1. snack (food other than the main meal)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Jingpho: muk
  • → Shan: မုၼ်း (mún)

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UN Finals (12. Bread)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 57

Further reading

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