Translingual

Letter

မ

1. Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Burmese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma ‎(“no, not”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə/

Particle

မ • ‎(ma.) (Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă)

1. not (prefixed to the verb, which is itself followed by another negative particle such as ဘူး or နဲ့.)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma̰/

Noun

မ • ‎(ma.) (Romanization: MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má)

1. Form of address for younger women; miss

   မမိုးယုစံ‎

   ma.mui:yu.cam

   Ma Moe Yu San

Coordinate terms

• ကို ‎(kui) (for younger men)
• ဒေါ် ‎(dau) (for older women)
• ဦး ‎(u:) (for older men)

Etymology 3

Particle

မ • ‎(ma.)

1. Alternative form of မယ် ‎(mai, “future tense marker”)

   ဘာ စားမလဲ။‎

   bha ca:ma.lai:||

   What will you eat?

Mon

Etymology 1

Noun

မ ‎(mɛ̀ˀ)

1. (chiefly formal) father (chiefly in formal contexts)

Synonyms

• တ ‎(taˀ)

Etymology 2

Noun

မ ‎(mɛ̀ˀ)

1. seed

Synonyms

• မ ဗၞး ‎(mɛ̀ˀ həne)