Where does “မနာလို” come from?
မနာလို (Burmese) comes from Burmese နာလို, from Burmese နာ, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.
မနာလို (Burmese): to be jealous, be envious
Definitions
- to be jealous, be envious
Ancestry of “မနာလို”, step by step
မနာလို traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese နာလို
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | နာလို | to welcome another's good fortune or success |
| 2 | Burmese | နာ | to be in pain, be hurt; to be ill |
| 3 | Pali | nāga | cobra; elephant; ironwood tree |
| 4 | Sanskrit | नाग | a snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | nogʷós | bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude |