Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /m̥àɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hman • ALA-LC: mhanʻ • BGN/PCGN: hman • Okell: hmañ
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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (hman "window-glass, mirror"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

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မှန် (sense 2)

မှန် (hman)

  1. glass
  2. mirror
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Descendants
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  • Shan: မၢၼ်ႇ (màan)

Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (hmɑn² "guessed right, have"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *pliɡ, “surely; must”) as a cognate.[1] This comparison appears outdated, and even at the time of publication seemed rather weak. MED considers Etymologies 1 and 2 equivalent (though they don't seem the same).”

Adjective

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မှန် (hman)

  1. right, correct, true

Verb

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မှန် (hman)

  1. to be regular, be punctual
  2. to be hit

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AN Finals (28. to Hit the mark; True)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 53

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