အမေ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ မေ (me, “term of endearment for a female”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'မေ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəmè/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.me • ALA-LC: ʼame • BGN/PCGN: ăme • Okell: ămei

Noun

အမေ • (a.me)

1. mother

Synonyms

• အမိ (a.mi.)

Coordinate terms

• သမီး (sa.mi:, “daughter”)
• သား (sa:, “son”)
• အဖ (a.hpa.), အဖေ (a.hpe, “father”)

Derived terms

• သားသည်အမေ (sa:sany-a.me)
• အမေကြီး (a.me-kri:)

 

Descendants

• → Mon: အမေ

Further reading

• “အမေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အမေ (a.me).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əmè/

Noun

အမေ (əmè)

1. mother

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.