Where does “မဲပေး” come from?

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

မဲပေး (Burmese): to vote, cast a vote

Definitions

  1. to vote, cast a vote

Ancestry of “မဲပေး”, step by step

မဲပေး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese မ

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

via Burmese ပေး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပေးto give
2Old Burmeseပိယ်း—
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