Talk — Ah May

by Hla Min

Updated : September 2026

Video Broadcast on January 27, 2021

• Myanmar
  Ah May အမေ, Mi Gin မိခင်၊ Mway Mi Gin မွေးမိခင်၊ Ah Mi အမိ၊ Mae Daw မယ်တော်
  Usage :
  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
  Mata
  Usage :
  Mata Pitu Gu Naaw Anandaaw
• 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
• 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
  who raised seven children

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