မိယဟ်

Old Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *m-ja² (“wife”), a root of limited attestation presumably formed from a reduction of an "m-initial female" term (as in Burmese မေ (me, “term of endearment for a female”)) + an element *ja² of unclear further origin. Cognate with Marma [script needed] (məyá, “wife”) (STEDT).

Noun

မိယဟ် (transliteration needed)

  1. wife

Descendants

  • Burmese: မယား (ma.ya:, “wife”)

Further reading

  • Maung Wun (1 March 1976) “DEVELOPMENT OF THE BURMESE LANGUAGE IN THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD”, in 大阪外国語大学学報‎[1], volume 35, pages 63–119
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