Where does “ဖလှယ်” come from?

ဖလှယ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ဖ, from Burmese ပိ — to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed.

ဖလှယ် (Burmese): to exchange, barter

Definitions

  1. to exchange, barter

Ancestry of “ဖလှယ်”, step by step

ဖလှယ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဖPha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Burmeseပိto be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed

via Burmese လှယ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလှယ်to exchange
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*lajto change
Every word from Burmese ပိ →Every word from Burmese ဖ →