མི

See also: , མེ, and མོ

Dzongkha

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese (mín).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mi˥/

    Noun

    མི (mi)

    1. person, human
    2. people, set of persons
    3. mortal
    4. man
    5. -er (agent noun-forming suffix)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /mi˩/

      Adverb

      མི (mi)

      1. not, non-

      Kurtöp

      Etymology

      From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognates include Dzongkha མི (mi) and Tibetan མི (mi).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [mì]

      Noun

      མི (mi)

      1. human, person

      References

      • G. Hyslop; K. Tshering; K. Lhendrup; P. Chhophyel (2016), Kurtöp-English-Dzongkha dictionary (draft), page 152
      • Gwendolyn Hyslop (2017), A grammar of Kurtöp, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 111

      Sherpa

      Etymology

      From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n.

      Noun

      མི (mi) (Devanagari spelling मि)

      1. man

      References

      • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

      Tibetan

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-mi(j)-n. Cognate to Chinese (mín).

      Pronunciation


      Noun

      མི • (mi)

      1. person, human being, man
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-. Variant of (ma), used in situations where (ma) is not used, usually with present and future stems of verbs.

      Adverb

      མི • (mi)

      1. (prepositional negative particle) not, un-

      References

      • མི” in The Tibetan Living Dictionary, Mandala Collections, 2021.
      • མི” in Tibetan-English Dictionary.