အမျိုး

Burmese

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Etymology

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အ- (a.-) +‎ မျိုး (myui:). Inherited from Old Burmese အမ္လိဝ် (amliw).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: အ'မျိုး
  • IPA(key): /ʔəmjó/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: a.myui: • ALA-LC: ʼamyuiʺ • BGN/PCGN: ămyo: • Okell: ămyoù

Noun

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အမျိုး (a.myui:)

  1. kind, sort, variety
  2. race, species, lineage
  3. relative, relation

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Rudolf A. Yanson (2002 January 1) A List of Old Burmese Words from 12th Century Inscriptions[1], Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 163–167