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မြေ

See also: ပြေ, မြေ့, မြေး, and မြွေ

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Burmese မ္လိယ် (mliy), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mlij,[1] *m-l(e/ə)j (“earth, country, ground, mud, soil”). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (mí, “earth”), Old Chinese 地 (OC *l'els, “ground, earth”) (STEDT, Hill 2019). The traditional comparison with Old Chinese 室 (OC *hliɡ, “room, dwelling”)[2] is phonetically unconvincing, based on Old Chinese reconstructions.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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မြေ • (mre)

  1. earth (classical element), soil, ground
  2. land (ground that is suitable for farming), region
    မြေ နှစ်ဧက ― mre hnaceka. ― two acres of land

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus‎[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 44
  2. ^ Schuessler, Axel (2007) ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese‎[2], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, pages 210, 466

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