Where does “ဖန်တူလုံး” come from?
ဖန်တူလုံး (Burmese) comes from Burmese တူ, from Pali tulā, from Sanskrit तुला, from Proto-Indo-European telh₂- — to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom.
ဖန်တူလုံး (Burmese): marble (toy) made of glass
Definitions
- marble (toy) made of glass
Ancestry of “ဖန်တူလုံး”, step by step
ဖန်တူလုံး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese တူ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | တူ | hammer; chopsticks; nephew |
| 2 | Pali | tulā | beam or pole for balancing and carrying or... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तुला | balance, scales; weight |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | telh₂- | to bear, to undergo, to endure; ground, bottom |
via Burmese ဖန်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဖန် | acrid, astringent (in taste) |
| 2 | Pali | phalikā | crystal; quartz |
| 3 | Sanskrit | स्फटिक | crystal; quartz |
via Burmese လုံး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | လုံး | round, spherical |