"မေ" meaning in Burmese

See မေ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mè/ Forms: me [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman; female relative”). Etymology templates: {{inh|my|sit-pro|*mow|t=woman; female relative}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman; female relative”) Head templates: {{head|my|proper noun|head=|sort=|tr=}} မေ • (me), {{my-proper noun}} မေ • (me)
  1. a female given name
    Sense id: en-မေ-my-name-pLhOhtoi Categories (other): Burmese female given names, Burmese given names, Burmese entries with incorrect language header, Burmese pronouns, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Burmese entries with incorrect language header: 47 31 22 Disambiguation of Burmese pronouns: 39 40 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 39 27 19 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 39 27 19 7 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /mè/ Forms: me [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English May. Etymology templates: {{bor+|my|en|May}} Borrowed from English May Head templates: {{my-noun}} မေ • (me)
  1. (~လ) May Derived forms: မေဒေး (mede:), မေမြို့ပန်း (me-mrui.pan:)
    Sense id: en-မေ-my-noun-jHj-W5k2 Categories (other): Burmese pronouns Disambiguation of Burmese pronouns: 39 40 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /mè/ Forms: me [romanization]
Etymology: Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman; female relative”). Etymology templates: {{inh|my|sit-pro|*mow|t=woman; female relative}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“woman; female relative”) Head templates: {{head|my|pronoun|head=|sort=|tr=}} မေ • (me), {{my-pronoun}} မေ • (me)
  1. term of endearment used by a man to address his wife or lover Derived forms: ကွယ်တမေရ (kwaita.mera.), မေမေ (english: meme), ရဲမေ (rai:me), အမေ (a.me)
    Sense id: en-မေ-my-pron-fwy1t2Pt Categories (other): Burmese pronouns Disambiguation of Burmese pronouns: 39 40 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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          "args": {
            "1": "shn",
            "2": "မေႇ"
          },
          "expansion": "Shan: မေႇ (mèe)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shan: မေႇ (mèe)"
    }
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from English May",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English May.",
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  "lang_code": "my",
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        {
          "_dis": "39 40 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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          "roman": "mede:",
          "word": "မေဒေး"
        },
        {
          "roman": "me-mrui.pan:",
          "word": "မေမြို့ပန်း"
        }
      ],
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        "May"
      ],
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          "လ",
          "လ#Burmese"
        ],
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          "May",
          "May"
        ]
      ],
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        "(~လ) May"
      ],
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        "~လ"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mè/"
    }
  ],
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  ],
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}

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      },
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  ],
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        "romanization"
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    }
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        }
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          "roman": "kwaita.mera.",
          "word": "ကွယ်တမေရ"
        },
        {
          "english": "meme",
          "word": "မေမေ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rai:me",
          "word": "ရဲမေ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "a.me",
          "word": "အမေ"
        }
      ],
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        "term of endearment used by a man to address his wife or lover"
      ],
      "id": "en-မေ-my-pron-fwy1t2Pt",
      "links": [
        [
          "term of endearment",
          "term of endearment"
        ],
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ],
        [
          "lover",
          "lover"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mè/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "my:မေ"
  ],
  "word": "မေ"
}

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      },
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  "lang_code": "my",
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          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "47 31 22",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "39 40 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 27 19 7 7",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "39 27 19 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "a female given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-မေ-my-name-pLhOhtoi",
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          "given name"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/mè/"
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  ],
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  ],
  "word": "မေ"
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    "Burmese pronouns",
    "Burmese proper nouns",
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    "Burmese terms derived from English",
    "Burmese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Burmese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "roman": "mede:",
      "word": "မေဒေး"
    },
    {
      "roman": "me-mrui.pan:",
      "word": "မေမြို့ပန်း"
    }
  ],
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Shan: မေႇ (mèe)"
    }
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
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    {
      "form": "me",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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    {
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      "expansion": "မေ • (me)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "May"
      ],
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        [
          "လ",
          "လ#Burmese"
        ],
        [
          "May",
          "May"
        ]
      ],
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        "(~လ) May"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "~လ"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mè/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "my:မေ"
  ],
  "word": "မေ"
}

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    "Burmese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "roman": "kwaita.mera.",
      "word": "ကွယ်တမေရ"
    },
    {
      "english": "meme",
      "word": "မေမေ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rai:me",
      "word": "ရဲမေ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.me",
      "word": "အမေ"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "",
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      },
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    }
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      ],
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        [
          "term of endearment",
          "term of endearment"
        ],
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          "wife",
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        ],
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          "lover",
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        ]
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mè/"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "မေ"
}

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        "Burmese given names"
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    {
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  ],
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  ],
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}

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