Where does “တပ်မ” come from?
တပ်မ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.
Ancestry of “တပ်မ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Burmese | မ | not; miss; Alternative form of မယ် |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |