မ

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma̰/

Letter

မ

1. Ma, the 26th letter of the Burmese alphabet.

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'
• IPA: /mə/
• MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

1. not (prefixed to the verb, which is itself followed by another negative particle such as ဘူး (bhu:) or နဲ့ (nai.).)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma̰/
• MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má

Adjective

1. main, original
2. big, mature

Noun

မ • (ma.)

1. (honorific) Form of address for younger women; miss
   • မမိုးယုစံ

     • ma.mui:yu.cam
     • Ma Moe Yu San
2. female of a species
3. Abbreviation of မိန်းမ (min:ma.).
4. odd number

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ'
• IPA: /mə/
• MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: mă • Okell: mă

Particle

မ • (ma.)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of မယ် (mai, “future tense marker”)
   • ဘာ စားမလဲ။

     • bha ca:ma.lai:||
     • What will you eat?

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: မ
• IPA: /ma̰/
• MLCTS: ma. • ALA-LC: ma • BGN/PCGN: ma. • Okell: má

Verb

မ • (ma.)

1. to lift
2. to support, assist, help, gather, drive
3. to shower attention, pamper

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛ̤ʔ/

Letter

မ (ma)

1. Burmese, ma, MA

Noun

မ (ma)

1. (chiefly formal) father (chiefly in formal contexts)

Noun

မ (ma)

1. seed, kernel, pill, small particle, small round object, quantifier for fruit, clocks.

Verb

မ (ma)

1. to bear up, support