Where does “မသိဘူး” come from?

မသိဘူး (Burmese) comes from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

မသိဘူး (Burmese): I don't know

Definitions

  1. I don't know

Ancestry of “မသိဘူး”, step by step

မသိဘူး traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via Burmese သိ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseသိto know
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sjəjto know

via Burmese ဘူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဘူးcalabash, gourd fruit or container
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Burmese မ →