Where does “ခိုးစား” come from?
ခိုးစား (Burmese) comes from Burmese စား — to eat; to divide.
ခိုးစား (Burmese): to make a living by stealing
Definitions
- to make a living by stealing
Ancestry of “ခိုးစား”, step by step
ခိုးစား traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese စား
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စား | to eat; to divide |
via Burmese ခိုး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ခိုး | to steal, pilfer, burgle |