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Side view of a Manussiha in a dictionary. Manussīha(မနုဿီဟ) is a combination of two Pali words; Manussa(မနုဿ) meaning "human" and Sīha(သီဟ) meaning "lion". Thus, it can be literally translated as "Man-lion". The Myanmar-English Dictionary, published by the Myanmar Language Commission, defined မနုဿီဟ as:
Hoke Sein (Burmese: ဟုတ်စိန်; 1890–1984; [1] also spelt Hok Sein) was a Burmese linguist and lexicographer, best known for compiling the influential Universal Burmese-English-Pali Dictionary still used by Pali and Burmese language scholars today. [2] [3]
Stacked consonants are largely confined to loan words from languages like Pali, Sanskrit, and occasionally English. For instance, the Burmese word for "self" (via Pali atta) is spelt အတ္တ, not * အတ်တ, although both would be read the same.
Burmese is a tonal language, which means phonemic contrasts can be made on the basis of the tone of a vowel. In Burmese, these contrasts involve not only pitch, but also phonation, intensity (loudness), duration, and vowel quality. However, some linguists consider Burmese a pitch-register language like Shanghainese. [21]
The Constitution of Myanmar officially refers to it as the Myanmar language in English, [3] though most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma—a name with co-official status until 1989 (see Names of Myanmar). Burmese is the most widely-spoken language in the country, where it serves as the lingua franca. [4]
The use of the names of one's parents and relatives in personal names has been criticized as an un-Burmese adoption of seriality [citation needed], although it differs from historical Western practices. Burman names commonly include Pali-derived words combined with native Burmese words, including:
[15] [16] Based on the Burmese alphabet, it retains all Burmese consonants and introduces some new vowel combinations, an additional consonant (ႎ /v/), and a complete set of tone markers influenced by the Shan language. [16] This enables Pali words to be written using their original form, though only Palaung-specific sounds are commonly ...
This category is for articles on words and phrases in the Pali language, many of which but not all, are related to Theravada Buddhism. Pages in category "Pali words and phrases" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.