Where does “တပ်မ” come from?

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

တပ်မ (Burmese): main body of troops

Definitions

  1. main body of troops

Ancestry of “တပ်မ”, step by step

တပ်မ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မ

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

via Burmese တပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတပ်to fix, attach
2Monဒပ်—

Words derived from “တပ်မ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Burmese မ →