S'gaw Karen edit

Etymology edit

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, Western Kayah ꤗꤤ꤬ ().

Noun edit

မ့ၣ် (maỳ)

  1. fire.