ᥛᥫᥰ

Tai Nüa

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *mɯəᴬ. Cognate with Thai เมือ (mʉʉa) or เมื้อ (mʉ́ʉa), Isan เมือ, Lao ເມືອ (mư̄a), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᩋ (mɯa⁴), Khün ᨾᩮᩬᩨ (mɤɤ⁴), Lü ᦵᦙᦲ (moe), Tai Dam ꪹꪣ (ꞌmứa), Shan မိူဝ်း (móe), Tày mừa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə˥˧/

Verb

ᥛᥫᥰ (möe) (1963 orthography ᥛᥫ̈)

1. (intransitive) to return, to come back

   ᥛᥫᥰᥞᥫᥢᥰ

   möehöen

   return home.

Derived terms

• ᥛᥫᥰᥘᥫᥴ (möelóe)

 

References

• Luo, Y. (1999). A dictionary of Dehong, Southwest China. The Australian National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Pacific Linguistics.