မီး

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Burmese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *s/ʔ-mej² (fire), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (fire). Cognate with Tibetan མེ (me).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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မီး (mi:)

  1. fire; conflagration
  2. light
  3. brilliance (of gems)
  4. (figuratively) consuming passion
  5. electricity

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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မီး (mi:)

  1. electric

Further reading

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Shan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tai *miːᴬ (to have). Cognate with Thai มี (mii), Northern Thai ᨾᩦ, Khün ᨾᩦ, Lao ມີ (), ᦙᦲ (mii), Tai Dam ꪣꪲ, Zhuang miz, Ahom 𑜉𑜣 ().

Pronunciation

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Verb

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မီး (míi) (abstract noun လွင်ႈမီး)

  1. (transitive) have
  2. (intransitive) be, exist

Adjective

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မီး (míi) (abstract noun တၢင်းမီး)

  1. rich, wealthy