မိတ်

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Burmese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /meɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: mit • ALA-LC: mitʻ • BGN/PCGN: meik • Okell: meiʔ

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Pali mitto, and Mon မိတ်.

Noun[edit]

မိတ် (mit)

  1. (pathology) prickly heat

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Pali mitta (friend), from Sanskrit मित्र (mitra). Doublet of မေတ္တာ (metta).

Noun[edit]

မိတ် (mit)

  1. friend, mate
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Mon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *rmit ~ *rmiit ~ *rmiət (Curcuma species; yellow). Cognate with Khmer រមៀត (rɔmiət, turmeric), Semai remèèt (turmeric), Pali mitto.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

မိတ် (mit)

  1. (Botany) turmeric plant Curcuma longa Roxburgh.

Noun[edit]

မိတ် (mit)

  1. friendship amity.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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