မဲာ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *mɛʔᴰ (“eye, face”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *mɛʔ¹ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik (“eye”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen မဲ့, Western Pwo မ့ၬ, Eastern Pwo မေံ. Compare Western Kayah ꤗꤢꤧ꤬ꤞꤢꤧ꤬ (màethàe).

Noun

မဲာ် • (meḥ)

eye.
face.
knot (in the wood).

Synonyms

(eye): မဲာ်ချံ (meḥ khlee)
(face): မဲာ်သၣ် (meḥ thà)

Derived terms

မဲာ်ဆှး (meḥ hshgä)
မဲာ်ညါ (meḥ nyah)
မဲာ်ထံ (meḥ hṭee)
မဲာ်ဘျီၣ် (meḥ blaẁ)

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