Where does “တပ်မတော်” come from?
တပ်မတော် (Burmese) comes from Burmese တပ်မ, from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.
တပ်မတော် (Burmese): army
Ancestry of “တပ်မတော်”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တပ်မ | — |
| 2 | Burmese | မ | not; miss; Alternative form of မယ် |
| 3 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
Words derived from “တပ်မတော်”