Burmese

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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မိတ် (mit)

  1. friend, mate
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali mitto, and Mon မိတ်. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Which is it? Pali is Indo-European, and Mon is Austroasiatic. Did Pali borrow the term from Mon?”)

Noun

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မိတ် (mit)

  1. (pathology) prickly heat
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Further reading

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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မိတ် (mit)

  1. (Botany) turmeric plant Curcuma longa Roxburgh.

Noun

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မိတ် (mit)

  1. friendship amity.

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References

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