ဗမာ

Derived from မြန်မာ (mranma, “Myanmar”):

မြန်မာ /mjàɴmà/ → မြန်မာ /mjəmà/ (vowel reduction) → ဗမာ /bəmà/ (dissimilation of initial /m/)

• Phonetic respelling: ဗ'မာ
• IPA^(key): /bəmà/
• Romanization: MLCTS: ba.ma • ALA-LC: bamā • BGN/PCGN: băma • Okell: băma

ဗမာ • (ba.ma) (induced creaky tone form ဗမာ့)

1. Burma (a country in Southeast Asia); Burmese

   ဗမာနိုင်ငံ ― ba.manuingngam ― Burma (country)

   ဗမာပြည် ― ba.maprany ― Burma (country)

   ဗမာစာ ― ba.maca ― Burmese language (written)

   ဗမစာ ― ba.ma.ca ― Burmese language (written)

   ဗမာဘာသာ ― ba.mabhasa ― Burmese language

   ဗမာစကား ― ba.maca.ka: ― Burmese language

   ဗမစကား ― ba.ma.ca.ka: ― Burmese language

• မြန်မာ (mranma /⁠mjàɴmà⁠/)

• (Myanmar) ဗၟာ

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), from မြန်မာ (mranma).

• (Myanmar) IPA^(key): /hə.mɛ̤a̤/
• (Thailand) IPA^(key): /pɛ̤ʔ.mɛ̤a̤/

ဗမာ (bamā)

1. (Myanmar, Thailand) Burma, Myanmar (a country in Southeast Asia); Burman; Burmese (country, person or language)