English
Mawlamyine
Mawlamyine comes from Burmese မော်လမြိုင်, and goes back to Mon မတ်မလီု.
- Monmodernမတ်မလီုliterally ‘damaged eye’
- Burmesemodernမော်လမြိုင်maula.mruing
- EnglishtodayMawlamyine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Monmodernမတ်မလီုliterally ‘damaged eye’
- Burmesemodernမော်လမြိုင်maula.mruing
- EnglishtodayMawlamyine
The story
Borrowed from Burmese မော်လမြိုင် (maula.mruing), ultimately from Mon မတ်မလီု (literally “damaged eye”).
Every English word from Mon မတ်မလီု
Today it means
name A city in southern in Myanmar.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mon မတ်မလီု / Mawlamyine