မဲ့

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *mɛʔᴰ (“eye, face”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *mɛʔ¹ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik (“eye”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen မဲာ် (meḥ), Western Pwo မ့ၬ. Compare Western Kayah ꤗꤢꤧ꤬ꤞꤢꤧ꤬ (màethàe).

Pronunciation

• (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /mɛʔ⁴⁵/

Noun

မဲ့ (mɛ́ʔ)

1. eye
2. face