မ့ၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *hmeᴮ (“fire”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *me² (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen မေႏ, Western Pwo မ့ၪ, Eastern Pwo မှ်ေ (mí̱), Western Kayah ꤗꤤ꤬ (mì).

Noun

မ့ၣ် • (maỳ)

1. fire.