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Where does “ညီမ” come from?

ညီမ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

ညီမ (Burmese): younger sister

Definitions

  1. younger sister

Ancestry of “ညီမ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
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