အမွေး

See also: အမွေ and အမွေ့

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ မွေး (mwe:), the latter from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l. Cognate with Lolopo me (“body hair”), Drung meul (“body hair”), Jingpho mun (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'မွေး
• IPA^(key): /ʔəmwé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.mwe: • ALA-LC: ʼamveʺ • BGN/PCGN: ămwe: • Okell: ămweì

Noun

အမွေး • (a.mwe:)

1. hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
2. fur
3. feathers, plumage

References

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