ဝိုင်

Borrowed from English wine, from Middle English win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.


ဆေးရုံ

→ Shan: သေးယူင်ႇ (sée yùung)

ဆေး (hce:, “medicine”) + ရုံ (rum, “building”)


သွား

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/p-wa. Cognate with Jingpho wa (“tooth”) and Tibetan སོ (so).


သွား

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-wa (“to be in motion, go, come”), which appears to be the same as *s-wa-ŋ. Cognate with Old Chinese 于 (OC *ɢʷa, “to proceed, go”) (STEDT).

inh

မသွားနဲ့။
ma.swa:nai.||
Don't go!


ကျပ်

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *gyap (cf. Chinese 狹／狭 (xiá, “narrow”)).

(to be) tight (pushed or pulled together)


သည်းခြေ

သည်း (sany:, “liver”) + ခြေ (hkre, “bile”).


နှပ်

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nap. Cognate with နှာ (hna, “nose; errhine, snuff”) and with Tibetan སྣབས (snabs, “snot”).


အသည်း

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + သည်း (sany:, “liver”).

af

liver (large organ in the body; this organ used for food)


လျှာ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-laj ~ s-lej. Cognate with Tibetan ལྕེ (lce) and Chinese 舌 (shé).


နို့

stud anchoring the traverse guy ropes on a dragon boat


ပါး

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ba² (“thin”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (“thin, flat”). Cognate with Nuosu ꁧ (bbo), Jingpho pha (“thin”), Drung ba (“thin”) (> svba (“to make thin”)), S'gaw Karen ဘူ (boo, “thin”), Old Chinese 薄 (OC *baːɡ, “thin, flimsy”) (STEDT).
The "send" sense is equated with the "thin" sense by MED, though STEDT apparently separates the two and gives no etymology for "send" (pâ "send ( by hand or person )").

thin (having little thickness; very narrow; slender; flimsy)


ပါး

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ba² (“cheek”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m/s-ba (“cheek, jaw, chin”). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (bà, “cheek”) (STEDT).

inh

cheek (soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes)


ပါး

→ Shan: ပႃး (páa)

(Buddhism, nobility, honorific) numeral classifier for sacred objects or persons


သွေး

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-hjwəj-t. Cognate with Chinese 血 (xuè) and Nuosu ꌦ (sy).

blood (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)


အရိုး

အ- (a.-) + ရိုး (rui:, “bone”), the latter from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rus.


အမြီး

အ (a.) + မြီး (mri:), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-maj ~ m-raj.


အတောင်

feather (branching, hair-like structure that grows on the wings of birds)


အရေ

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + ရေ (re, “skin”).

af

skin (outer covering of the body), hide, pelt


ချို

(colloquial) to not do anything to the fullest extent; to not go full out


နားရွက်

ear (external part of the organ of hearing), outer ear, auricle, pinna


အမွေး

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”).

hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)


နှာခေါင်း

နှာ (hna, “nose”) + ခေါင်း (hkaung:, “head”)


ဆံပင်

hcampang (romanization)
ပင် (classifier)

ဆံ (hcam, “hair”) + ပင် (pang, classifier for long strands)

af

hair (pigmented keratinaceous growth on the human head)


ပါးစပ်

mouth (opening of an animal through which food is ingested)


ခေါင်း

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)uŋ (“hole; orifice; inner part”), and thus related to Etymology 1 (STEDT).


မျက်စိ

The first syllable is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-mjak ~ s-mik (“eye”) (whence Old Chinese 目 (OC *muɡ, “idem”)) (STEDT).


နား

Combining form of အနား (a.na:, “vicinity”).

သင်္ကြန်နား


ခြေ

Inherited from Old Burmese ခြိယ် (khriy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəj (“foot, footstool”).

inh

particle suffixed to nouns to denote a collection of things or persons


လက်

Inherited from Old Burmese လက် (lak), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lak. Cognate with Tibetan ལག (lag, “hand, arm”) and Nuosu ꇇ (lot, “hand”).


ခြေထောက်

ခြေ (hkre, “foot”) + ထောက် (htauk, “support”)


ဒူးခေါင်း

ဒူး (du:, “knee”) + ခေါင်း (hkaung:, “head”)


တောင်ပံ

From တောင် (taung, “wing”) + an element of unclear interpretation and origin ပံ (pam).


ဗိုက်

my-noun

ဗိုက် • (buik)


ဒူး

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *du-k (“elbow, knee”); cognate with Galo [Term?] (a du, “forearm span”), Akha [script needed] (kuiˇ du, “lower leg from knee down”) (STEDT).


ပေါင်

The "thigh" sense is from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(p/b)waŋ (“hips, buttocks, tail, anus”), and cognate with Tibetan ཕོངས (phongs, “buttock”) (STEDT). Luce adduces no further possible cognates for the "thigh" sense.
The "add, attach" and "pawn, mortgage" senses are linked with the "thigh" sense by MED (perhaps as "thighs" are an "attachment" to the body), but apparently separated by STEDT and given no etymology (poŋ "superadd lengthwise; attach to the side of", "pawn, mortgage"). Luce combines the "add" and "pawn" meanings together etymologically (perhaps via semantic association of "putting side-by-side (attaching)" with "pawning items that are juxtaposed"), though adduces no cognates.


အူ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *wu (“belly; stomach; intestine; kidney”). Cognate with Nuosu ꃶ (vu), Tangut 𗎨 (*wju², “intestines”).


နှလုံး

Likely from an earlier unattested form *နှစ်လုံး (*hnaclum:), from the same နှစ် (hnac) found in အနှစ် (a.hnac, “substance, yolk”) (ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-nik (“heart, mind”)), + လုံး (lum:, “round object”) (STEDT: hnə lûm ( < hnac-lûm) "heart").


ဆေး

hce: (romanization)
မည် (classifier)
လုံး (classifier)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsəj (“medicine; juice; paint”). Compare Nuosu ꋌ (cy) (as in ꁬꋌ (bbut cy)), Lolopo naxcir (“medicine”), Naxi cher'ee (“medicine”), Tibetan རྩི (rtsi), Chinese 漆 (OC *sʰiɡ).

medicine (substance which promotes healing)


ကျောက်

my-noun

ကျောက် • (kyauk)

Inherited from Old Burmese က္လောက် (klok). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(ŋ/k) (“stone”)


ပခုံး

Compound from *ပ (*pa.) (from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (“to carry (on back); shoulder”) or *p(r)ak ~ r-pak (“shoulder”), likely ပိုး (pui:, “to carry on back”)) and ခုံး (hkum:, “arched, convex”).


ဘီး

Derived from STEDT by a Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ʔ-gʷəy² (“comb”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔ-gʷəy-s (“comb (for hair)”), and compared with Mizo [Term?] (khuih, “comb”). Note also more overt similarities to Old Chinese 篦 (OC *piː, *bis, “fine-tooth comb”).

inh

comb (toothed implement for grooming the hair)


ဘီး

wheel (circular device facilitating movement or transportation)


ဝမ်း

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pʷam (“belly, stomach, waist”), which appears to be related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-bʷam ~ s-bʷap (“to swell; swollen, fat, thick; rounded part, mountain, hill”) (STEDT). Cognate with Jingpho [script needed] (pù-hpam, “stomach”), as well as, according to Luce, Old Chinese 範 (OC *bomʔ, “mold; pattern”); a more distant cognate from *s-bʷa(m/p) is Old Chinese 胖 (OC *pʰaːns, “fat (adjective)”).


နှာ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-na ~ s-naːr (“nose”). Cognate with Tibetan སྣ (sna, “nose”).

inh

errhine, snuff, sternutatory (substance)


မုတ်ဆိတ်

my-noun

မုတ်ဆိတ် • (muthcit)

Borrowed from Hindi मूछ (mūch, “mustache”).


မျက်မှန်

myakhman (romanization)
လက် (classifier)

မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + မှန် (hman, “glass”)

affix

မျက်မှန်တလက်


လက်သည်

လက် (lak, “arm”) + -သည် (-sany, “practitioner”)


ဝမ်းဆွဲ

ဝမ်း (wam:, “womb”) + ဆွဲ (hcwai:, “pulling”)


မျက်တောင်

မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + တောင် (taung, “mountain”)

affix

eyelash (hair growing on the edge of an eyelid)


မျက်နှာ

မျက်- (myak-) + နှာ (hna), literally “eye and nose”.


မေးစေ့

မေး (me:, “lower jaw”) + စေ့ (ce., “protuberance”)


ခြေဖနောင့်

/t͡ɕʰèbəna̰ʊɴ/

ခြေ (hkre, “foot”) + ဖနောင့် (hpa.naung., “heel”)


အဖျား

အ- (a.-) + ဖျား (hpya:, “be feverish, have a fever”)


ဆရာဝန်

desc

→ Shan: သြႃႇဝုၼ်ႇ (sràa wùn)

→ Shan: သြႃႇဝုၼ်ႇ (sràa wùn)

→ Jingpho: săra wun / tsi săra wun

/sʰa̰jàwʊ̀ɴ/

ဆရာ (hca.ra, “teacher”) + ဝန် (wan, “responsibility”).


ဝှေးစေ့

ဝှေး (hwe:) + စေ့ (ce.). Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d(w)əy (“egg; testicle”) (STEDT).


ကျင်ချောင်း

/t͡ɕɪ̀ɴt͡ɕʰáʊɴ/


အာယုဗ္ဗေဒ

Borrowed from Pali āyubbeda, from Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).


ယောနိ

Borrowed from Pali yoni (“womb; origin”), from Sanskrit योनि (yoni).


ဖရုံဆွဲ

/pʰəjòʊɴzwɛ́/


သွားတိုက်ဆေး

my-noun

သွားတိုက်ဆေး

/θwádaɪʔsʰé/


ဗော့ဒ်ကာ

ဗော့ဒ်ကာ • (baud.ka)


မျက်ခုံး

မျက်- (myak-, “pertaining to the eyes”) + အခုံး (a.hkum:, “convexity”)


ကပ်ပယ်

my-noun

ကပ်ပယ် • (kappai) (classifier ခု or လက်)

kappai (romanization)
ခု (classifier)
လက် (classifier)


အဆုတ်

အ- (a.-) + ဆုတ် (hcut), the latter element inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ts(i/u)-t (“lung”). Compare Lahu ɔ̀-chɨ̂.


လက်ချောင်း

/lɛʔt͡ɕʰáʊɴ/

လက် (lak, “arm, hand”) + ချောင်း (hkyaung:, “classifier for thin, long objects”)


ကျောက်ကပ်

my-noun

ကျောက်ကပ် • (kyaukkap)


နို့သီးခေါင်း

နို့သီးခေါင်း


အာရုံကြော

/ʔàjòʊɴd͡ʑɔ́/


ဖဝါး

(anatomy) sole (of the foot); palm (of the hand)


ချေ

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *d-kəy (“barking deer, deer”). Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo ci (“deer”), Naxi qiq (“muntjac”), S'gaw Karen တခံ (takhee, “deer”), Jingpho chäkhji (“barking deer”).


ဦးနှောက်

my-noun

ဦးနှောက် • (u:hnauk)

From ဦး (u:) + နှောက် (hnauk); the latter from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəw-k (“brain”). Cognate with Nuosu ꀑꆊ (o not, “brain”), Old Chinese 腦 (OC *nuːʔ), Jingpho nu' (“brain”), Drung unu (“brain; mind”), Japhug tɯrnoʁ, S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်နူာ် (khoh̀noọ, “brain”).


နှာခေါင်းပေါက်

my-noun

နှာခေါင်းပေါက်

/n̥əkʰáʊɴbaʊʔ/


သွားဖုံး

သွား (swa:, “tooth”) + အဖုံး (a.hpum:, “cover, lid”)


သန္ဓေ

Borrowed from Pali paṭisandhi (“reincarnation; conception”).


သားအိမ်

my-noun

သားအိမ် • (sa:im)


ကိုယ်

ကိုယ် • (kuiy)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Yao'an Lolopo ggechir (“body”), Tangut 𘓷 (*kwər¹, “body”), Tibetan སྐུ (sku, “body”), Chinese 軀 (OC *kʰo), Drung vnggeu (“body”), shigeu (“corpse”).


နှုတ်

နှုတ် • (hnut)


အသည်းနှလုံး

/ʔəθɛ́n̥əlóʊɴ/


လည်

to revolve, to turn around, to rotate, to spin


ချက်ကြိုး

/t͡ɕʰɛʔt͡ɕó/


ဗိုက်ကြီး

my-verb

ဗိုက်ကြီး • (buikkri:)

ဗိုက် (buik, “stomach”) + ကြီး (kri:, “grow”)


ကိုယ်ဝန်ဆောင်

/kòjwʊ̀ɴsʰàʊɴ/


ဓမ္မတာဝန်

/dəmədàwʊ̀ɴ/

From Pali dhammatā (“general rule; nature”) + ဝန် (wan).


မီးယပ်

→ Shan: မီးယၢပ်ႈ (míi yāap)


ကိုယ်ဝန်

my-noun

ကိုယ်ဝန် • (kuiywan)


အရေပြား

အရေ (a.re, “skin”) + ပြား (pra:, “flat”)


ဆီးအောင့်ရောဂါ

/sʰíʔa̰ʊɴjɔ́ɡà/

ဆီး (hci:, “urine”) + အောင့် (aung., “hamper”) + ရောဂါ (rau:ga, “disease”)


အဖျားဖြတ်ဆေး

အဖျား (a.hpya:) + ဖြတ် (hprat) + ဆေး (hce:)


ဩသဓ

Borrowed from Pali osadha. Cognate with Khmer ឱសថ (ʼaosɑt), Indonesian usada, Thai โอสถ (oo-sòt).


ကပ်ရောဂါ

ကပ် (kap, “catastrophe”) + ရောဂါ (rau:ga, “disease”)


ရောဂန္တရကပ်

/jɔ́ɡàɴtəɹa̰kaʔ/

From Pali roga + Pali antara + Pali kappa.


စိတ္တဇရောဂါ

/seɪʔdəza̰jɔ́ɡà/

စိတ္တဇ (citta.ja., “insanity”) + ရောဂါ (rau:ga, “illness”)


သားအိမ်လမ်းကြောင်း

my-noun

သားအိမ်လမ်းကြောင်း • (sa:imlam:kraung:)

/θəʔèɪɴláɴd͡ʑáʊɴ/

From သားအိမ် (sa:im, “womb”) + လမ်းကြောင်း (lam:kraung:, “channel”).


သားအိမ်ခေါင်း

my-noun

သားအိမ်ခေါင်း • (sa:imhkaung:)

/θəʔèɪɴɡáʊɴ/

From သားအိမ် (sa:im) + ခေါင်း (hkaung:, “head”).


မီးယပ်ပညာ

/míjaʔpjɪ̀ɴɲà/

မီးယပ် (mi:yap, “menses”) + ပညာ (pa.nya, “knowledge”).


မျက်လုံး

မျက်- (myak-, “eye”) + လုံး (lum:, “round”)

prefix

Holonym: မျက်စိ (myakci.)


ရှမ်ပိန်

my-noun

ရှမ်ပိန် • (hrampin)


လက်ညှိုး

လက် (lak, “arm, hand”) + ညှိုး (hnyui:, “to fade, to wither”)


လက်သူကြွယ်

/lɛʔðù+'t͡ɕwɛ̀/

လက် (lak, “arm, hand”) + သူကြွယ် (su-krwai, “wealthy person”)


လက်ခလယ်

လက် (lak, “arm, hand”) + ခလယ် (hka.lai, “middle, centre”)


လက်မ

လက် (lak, “arm, hand”) + မ (ma., “main, principal”)


မီးဖွားခွင့်

/mípʰwákʰwɪ̰ɴ/

မီးဖွား (mi:hpwa:, “to give birth, deliver a child”) + ခွင့် (hkwang., “leave”)


ခွဲစိတ်ကုပညာ

From ခွဲစိတ် (hkwai:cit) + ကု (ku.) + ပညာ (pa.nya).


သွေးကင်ဆာ

/θwékɪ̀ɴsʰà/

သွေး (swe:) + ကင်ဆာ (kanghca), literally “blood cancer”.