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:)

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

References

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

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