Where does “ပဲစင်းငုံ” come from?
ပဲစင်းငုံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese ငုံ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer ŋam — to immerse, soak.
ပဲစင်းငုံ (Burmese): pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
Definitions
- pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
Ancestry of “ပဲစင်းငုံ”, step by step
ပဲစင်းငုံ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ငုံ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ငုံ | to keep in the mouth |
| 2 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ŋam | to immerse, soak |
via Burmese ပဲ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ပဲ | pea, bean, legume, pulse; anna |
via Burmese စင်း
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | စင်း | to be straight, true |