"အမှု" meaning in Burmese

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Noun

IPA: /ʔa̰m̥ṵ/ Forms: a.hmu. [romanization]
Etymology: From အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + a component မှု (hmu.) (which may be reflected in မှု (hmu., “to treat with respect”)) from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work, move, do, make”); cognate with Old Chinese 務 (OC *moɡs, “to apply oneself; work, task”) (STEDT). Etymology templates: {{af|my|အ-|t1=nominal prefix}} အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”), {{der|my|sit-pro|*mow|t=to work, move, do, make}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work, move, do, make”), {{cog|och|-}} Old Chinese, {{och-l|務|to apply oneself; work, task}} 務 (OC *moɡs, “to apply oneself; work, task”) Head templates: {{my-noun}} အမှု • (a.hmu.)
  1. case in a court of law; lawsuit
    Sense id: en-အမှု-my-noun-dGXhpeF1 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
  2. deed; act; matter; affair; business; problem
    Sense id: en-အမှု-my-noun-YM7keFS0 Categories (other): Burmese entries with incorrect language header, Burmese terms prefixed with အ-, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Burmese entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Burmese terms prefixed with အ-: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: အမှုစစ် (a.hmu.cac), အမှုဆင် (a.hmu.hcang), အမှုဆိုင် (a.hmu.hcuing), အမှုဆောင် (a.hmu.hcaung), အမှုဆောင်အရာရှိ (a.hmu.hcaung-a.rahri.), အမှုတင် (a.hmu.tang), အမှုတွဲ (a.hmu.twai:), အမှုထမ်း (a.hmu.htam:), အမှုပတ် (a.hmu.pat), အမှုပွေ (a.hmu.pwe), အမှုပိတ် (a.hmu.pit), အမှုဖြစ် (a.hmu.hprac), အမှုဖွင့် (a.hmu.hpwang.), အမှုမထား (a.hmu.ma.hta:), အမှုမရှာပါနှင့် (a.hmu.ma.hrapahnang.), အမှုမဲ့အမှတ်မဲ့ (a.hmu.mai.a.hmatmai.), အမှုရှာ (a.hmu.hra), အမှုရှုပ် (a.hmu.hrup), အမှုရောက် (a.hmu.rauk), အမှုလိုက် (a.hmu.luik), အမှုလုပ် (a.hmu.lup), အမှုသည် (a.hmu.sany), အမှုသွားအမှုလာ (a.hmu.swa:a.hmu.la), အမှုအခင်း (a.hmu.a.hkang:), အလုပ်အမှုဆောင် (a.lup-a.hmu.hcaung)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.cac",
      "word": "အမှုစစ်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcang",
      "word": "အမှုဆင်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcuing",
      "word": "အမှုဆိုင်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcaung",
      "word": "အမှုဆောင်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcaung-a.rahri.",
      "word": "အမှုဆောင်အရာရှိ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.tang",
      "word": "အမှုတင်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.twai:",
      "word": "အမှုတွဲ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.htam:",
      "word": "အမှုထမ်း"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.pat",
      "word": "အမှုပတ်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.pwe",
      "word": "အမှုပွေ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.pit",
      "word": "အမှုပိတ်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hprac",
      "word": "အမှုဖြစ်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hpwang.",
      "word": "အမှုဖွင့်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.ma.hta:",
      "word": "အမှုမထား"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.ma.hrapahnang.",
      "word": "အမှုမရှာပါနှင့်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.mai.a.hmatmai.",
      "word": "အမှုမဲ့အမှတ်မဲ့"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hra",
      "word": "အမှုရှာ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.hrup",
      "word": "အမှုရှုပ်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.rauk",
      "word": "အမှုရောက်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.luik",
      "word": "အမှုလိုက်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.lup",
      "word": "အမှုလုပ်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.sany",
      "word": "အမှုသည်"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.swa:a.hmu.la",
      "word": "အမှုသွားအမှုလာ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.hmu.a.hkang:",
      "word": "အမှုအခင်း"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "a.lup-a.hmu.hcaung",
      "word": "အလုပ်အမှုဆောင်"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "အ-",
        "t1": "nominal prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*mow",
        "t": "to work, move, do, make"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work, move, do, make”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "務",
        "2": "to apply oneself; work, task"
      },
      "expansion": "務 (OC *moɡs, “to apply oneself; work, task”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + a component မှု (hmu.) (which may be reflected in မှု (hmu., “to treat with respect”)) from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work, move, do, make”); cognate with Old Chinese 務 (OC *moɡs, “to apply oneself; work, task”) (STEDT).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a.hmu.",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "အမှု • (a.hmu.)",
      "name": "my-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "case in a court of law; lawsuit"
      ],
      "id": "en-အမှု-my-noun-dGXhpeF1",
      "links": [
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "court of law",
          "court of law"
        ],
        [
          "lawsuit",
          "lawsuit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Burmese terms prefixed with အ-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "deed; act; matter; affair; business; problem"
      ],
      "id": "en-အမှု-my-noun-YM7keFS0",
      "links": [
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa̰m̥ṵ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "အမှု"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Burmese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Burmese lemmas",
    "Burmese nouns",
    "Burmese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Burmese terms prefixed with အ-",
    "Burmese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.cac",
      "word": "အမှုစစ်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcang",
      "word": "အမှုဆင်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcuing",
      "word": "အမှုဆိုင်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcaung",
      "word": "အမှုဆောင်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hcaung-a.rahri.",
      "word": "အမှုဆောင်အရာရှိ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.tang",
      "word": "အမှုတင်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.twai:",
      "word": "အမှုတွဲ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.htam:",
      "word": "အမှုထမ်း"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.pat",
      "word": "အမှုပတ်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.pwe",
      "word": "အမှုပွေ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.pit",
      "word": "အမှုပိတ်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hprac",
      "word": "အမှုဖြစ်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hpwang.",
      "word": "အမှုဖွင့်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.ma.hta:",
      "word": "အမှုမထား"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.ma.hrapahnang.",
      "word": "အမှုမရှာပါနှင့်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.mai.a.hmatmai.",
      "word": "အမှုမဲ့အမှတ်မဲ့"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hra",
      "word": "အမှုရှာ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.hrup",
      "word": "အမှုရှုပ်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.rauk",
      "word": "အမှုရောက်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.luik",
      "word": "အမှုလိုက်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.lup",
      "word": "အမှုလုပ်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.sany",
      "word": "အမှုသည်"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.swa:a.hmu.la",
      "word": "အမှုသွားအမှုလာ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.hmu.a.hkang:",
      "word": "အမှုအခင်း"
    },
    {
      "roman": "a.lup-a.hmu.hcaung",
      "word": "အလုပ်အမှုဆောင်"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "အ-",
        "t1": "nominal prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”)",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*mow",
        "t": "to work, move, do, make"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work, move, do, make”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "och",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "務",
        "2": "to apply oneself; work, task"
      },
      "expansion": "務 (OC *moɡs, “to apply oneself; work, task”)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) + a component မှု (hmu.) (which may be reflected in မှု (hmu., “to treat with respect”)) from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work, move, do, make”); cognate with Old Chinese 務 (OC *moɡs, “to apply oneself; work, task”) (STEDT).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a.hmu.",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "အမှု • (a.hmu.)",
      "name": "my-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Burmese",
  "lang_code": "my",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "case in a court of law; lawsuit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "court of law",
          "court of law"
        ],
        [
          "lawsuit",
          "lawsuit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "deed; act; matter; affair; business; problem"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deed",
          "deed"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "problem",
          "problem"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa̰m̥ṵ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "အမှု"
}

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