Where does “ဖနောင့်” come from?
ဖနောင့် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖ, from Burmese ပိ — to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed.
ဖနောင့် (Burmese): heel
Definitions
- heel
Ancestry of “ဖနောင့်”, step by step
ဖနောင့် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဖ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဖ | Pha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet |
| 2 | Burmese | ပိ | to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed |
via Burmese နောင့်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နောင့် | used in ဖနောင့် |