Ah May (Talk)

by Hla Min

Updated : Dec 2025

Video Broadcast on January 27, 2021

• Myanmar မြန်မာ
  Ah May (အမေ), Mi Gin (မိခင်), Mway Mi Gin (မွေးသမိခင်), Ah Mi (အမိ), Mae Daw (မယ်တော်)
  Usage : အသုံးအနှုန်း
  Mae Daw Maya (မယ်တော်မာယာ)
  Ah Mi Myay (အမိမြေ)
  Ah Mi Tekkatho (အမိတက္ကသိုလ်)
• English
  Mother, Mom, Mum, Mummy, Mama
  Usage :
  Mother Tongue
  Mother Earth
  Motherland
• Pali ပါဠိ
  Mata မာတာ
  Usage :
  Mata Pitu Gu Naaw Anandaaw မာတာပီတုဂုဏောအနန္တော
• Latin
  Mater
  Usage :
  Alma mater

Mother

• Biological Mother
  Gives birth
• Caring Mother
  Takes care
• Adoptive Mother
  Adopt a child from a relative or others (e.g. via an Adoption Agency)
• Surrogate Mother
  Conceives a child for someone who cannot give birth naturally (e.g. due to medical conditions)
• Classification schemes vary with place, culture and time …

Mother’s Day

• Myanmar
  Full Moon Day of Pyatho ပြာသိုလပြည့်နေ့
• USA and several countries
  Second Sunday of May
• Others
  Dates vary with countries

Media

• Songs
  e.g. M-O-T-H-E-R
• Books
• Movies
  

Thanks to three Mothers

• My Mother မိခင်
  who raised seven children

• My beloved wife ဇနီး
  who raised two sons
• My daughter-in-law ချွေးမ
  who takes care of my two Myees မြေး နှစ်ယောက်