Where does “တင်ကူး” come from?

တင်ကူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese တင်, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tVŋ — upper part; rise; raise; top; summit.

တင်ကူး (Burmese): in advance

Definitions

  1. in advance

Ancestry of “တင်ကူး”, step by step

တင်ကူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တင်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတင်buttocks; hips; to put upon, place upon; to...
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*tVŋupper part; rise; raise; top; summit

via Burmese ကူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကူးto cross; to swim; to copy; transcribe a written...
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