Where does “မီးယပ်” come from?

မီးယပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese မီး, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mej — fire.

မီးယပ် (Burmese): menses

Definitions

  1. menses

Ancestry of “မီးယပ်”, step by step

မီးယပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မီး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမီးfire; light; brilliance
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmejfire

via Burmese ယပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseယပ်fan instrument with a broad surface which is operated manually to create an air current

Words derived from “မီးယပ်”

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