Yi syllable myp

It represents one Yi syllable, not a whole word. In the Latin-letter spelling myp, final p marks low-falling pitch; the word meaning comes from surrounding Yi text.

Regional Yi writing varied; the earliest reliable evidence includes inscriptions on Chenghua-era bells from the 15th century. Bimo, Yi ritual specialists, used texts for scripture, legend, history, medicine and astrology. The Liangshan standard, devised in 1974 and promulgated in 1980, established a phonetic syllabary for Northern Yi, a Yi language variety. Yi script is distinct from Chinese-character writing.