အမွေး

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ မွေး (mwe:), the latter from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l.

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: အ'မွေး

IPA^(key): /ʔəmwé/

Romanization: MLCTS: a.mwe: • ALA-LC: ’amve″ • BGN/PCGN: ămwe: • Okell: ămweì

Noun

အမွေး • (a.mwe:)

hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
fur
feathers, plumage

References

“အမွေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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