"མེ" meaning in All languages combined

See མེ on Wiktionary

Noun [Dzongkha]

IPA: /me˩/ Forms: me [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”). Etymology templates: {{inh|dz|sit-pro|*məj||fire}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”) Head templates: {{head|dz|noun}} མེ (me)
  1. fire
    Sense id: en-མེ-dz-noun-3J8osS3R Categories (other): Dzongkha entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Fire Disambiguation of Dzongkha entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Fire: 100 0
  2. light, lantern
    Sense id: en-མེ-dz-noun-KfwEckSm Categories (other): Dzongkha entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dzongkha entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ཞུགས་མེ (zhugs me) [formal]

Noun [Sherpa]

Forms: me [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj. Etymology templates: {{inh|xsr|sit-pro|*məj}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj Head templates: {{head|xsr|noun}} མེ (me)
  1. fire
    Sense id: en-མེ-xsr-noun-3J8osS3R Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Sherpa entries with incorrect language header, Fire

Noun [Tibetan]

IPA: /*me/, /me˩˨/ [Lhasa], /ȵe˥˧/ [Batang], /ȵe˥˧/ [Dêgê], /mȵe/ [Zêkog], /ȵe/ [Bla-Brang], /mȵe/ (note: Arik), /mȵe/ (note: Maqu), /ɳe/ (note: Ngawa), /mʲe/ (note: Mdung-Nag), /ᵐȵe/ (note: Mdung-Nag) Forms: me [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Bodish *mʲe, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”). Etymology templates: {{inh|bo|sit-bdi-pro|*mʲe}} Proto-Bodish *mʲe, {{inh|bo|sit-pro|*məj||fire}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj (“fire”) Head templates: {{head|bo|noun}} མེ • (me)
  1. fire Derived forms: མེ་མདའ (me mda') (english: gun), མེ་རྫས (me rdzas) (english: gunpowder), མེ་སྒྱོགས (me sgyogs) (english: cannon)
    Sense id: en-མེ-bo-noun-3J8osS3R Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Tibetan entries with incorrect language header, Fire
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      "word": "ཞུགས་མེ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "མེ"
}

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          "roman": "me mda'",
          "word": "མེ་མདའ"
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          "roman": "me rdzas",
          "word": "མེ་རྫས"
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          "english": "cannon",
          "roman": "me sgyogs",
          "word": "མེ་སྒྱོགས"
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ȵe/",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "note": "Arik"
    },
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      "note": "Maqu"
    },
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      "note": "Ngawa"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ᵐȵe/",
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      "word": "ཞུགས་མེ"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "english": "gun",
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    },
    {
      "english": "gunpowder",
      "roman": "me rdzas",
      "word": "མེ་རྫས"
    },
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      "english": "cannon",
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    },
    {
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      "note": "Maqu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɳe/",
      "note": "Ngawa"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mʲe/",
      "note": "Mdung-Nag"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐȵe/",
      "note": "Mdung-Nag"
    }
  ],
  "word": "མེ"
}

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