We were called to spread the gospel into all the world and the common hard part of it is that we all have different cultures. Wherever we go we need to adjust to the culture of the group of people we want to minister to. Jesus left us with the commission to go into all the world because He knows we can fight the barriers of Culture.
Culture is defined in www.dictionary.com as the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group; it is the way of life within a soceity.
It is IMPORTANT FOR CHRISTIANS TO KNOW THE CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE CALLED TO REACH!
One Part of the Culture or way of life is how they name their children.
Did you know that in Myanmar people are named after the day they were born together with a second name with a meaning.
I learned this in my Intercultural Studies subject on People's of the World.
What Day of the Week Were you born? Check out what character you want from the day you were born and connect it with the name of which meaning you want.
Example: pha+hla . There you have your Myanmar name.
Day Included Characters
Sunday - ah, oh, u (oo), ok
Monday - ka, kha, ga, nga
Tuesday - sa, za, nya
Wednesday - wa, la, ya, ra
Thursday - pa, pha, ba, ma
Friday - tha, ha
Saturday - ta, hta, da, na
Myanmar Names -Meaning
aung -succeed
aye -cool
chit -love
cho -sweet
hla -beautiful
hlaing -plenty
htay -rich
htet -sharp
htin -appear
htun -succeed
htut -apex
htway, htwe -youngest
khin -friendly
khine -firm
kyaw famous, -fry
kyi -clear
kyine smell -sweet
kywe -rich
lwin -outstanding
maung brother, -mister
moe -rain
mya -emerald
myaing, myine -forest
myat -better
myint -high
myo -relative
naing -win
nanda -river
nyein -quiet
nyunt -blossom
ohnmar -mad
phyu -white
sanda, sandi -moon
sein -diamond
shein -reflection
shway, thiri, shwe, theingi -gold
soe -dominate
than -million
thant -clean
thaung -10 thousand
thein -100 thousand
thet -calm
thida -Water
thura, thurein, thuya -Sun
Reach the Unreached by creating similiraties with them.
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4 comments:
Thanks for the list, Stance'. I haven't thought up of my Myanmar name yet. Have you? =)
pha nyunt - Constance Jane
this is cool! :) you are indeed right.. in order t be effective in reaching out, we must go down to their level..meet them where they are at. That's a missionary's heart.. I can see a fruitful future for you Stance, keep it up :)
thanks ate hazel:)
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