Where does “ကျည်ဖူး” come from?

ကျည်ဖူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖူး, from Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu.

ကျည်ဖူး (Burmese): bullet

Definitions

  1. bullet

Ancestry of “ကျည်ဖူး”, step by step

ကျည်ဖူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖူးto visit (a shrine, a monk, etc.)
2Sino-Tibetan*ʔ-bu ~ *pu—

via Burmese ကျည်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကျည်bamboo tube used as a container
Every word from Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu →Every word from Burmese ဖူး →