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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

Definitions

  1. army

Ancestry of “တပ်မတော်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတပ်မ—
2Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “တပ်မတော်”

  • Tatmadaw
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