အမိ

From အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ မိ (mi., “mother”).

• Phonetic respelling: အ'မိ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəmḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.mi. • ALA-LC: ʼami • BGN/PCGN: ămi. • Okell: ămí

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အမိ • (a.mi.)

1. (formal, written) mother

   Synonyms: အမေ (a.me), မိခင် (mi.hkang)

2. term of address for a woman as old as one's mother
3. term of address for a woman of the same age or younger than one

အမ (a.ma.) is typically employed in regular speech. အမိ (a.mi.) is used in limited contexts, typically written (e.g., on official forms and documents) or in formal speech.

• သမီး (sa.mi:, “daughter”)
• သား (sa:, “son”)
• အဖ (a.hpa.), အဖေ (a.hpe, “father”)

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

အ- (“nominal prefix”) +‎ မိ (“mother”). Cognate with Burmese ချစ် (hkyac).

• Phonetic respelling: အ'မိ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəmḭ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.mi. • ALA-LC: ʼami

အမိ (transliteration needed)

1. mother

Unlike Standard Burmese, this term is preferred as an everyday term for "mother."