mă-un

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Shan မၢၵ်ႇဢုၼ် (màak ʼǔn), the latter element ultimately from Burmese အုန်း (un:).

Noun

mă-un (Burmese script မအုန်)

  1. coconut

References
  • Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
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