Where does “မျဉ်းတံ” come from?

မျဉ်းတံ (Burmese) comes from Burmese တံ — rodlike thing; anything rodlike; accumulation;...

မျဉ်းတံ (Burmese): straightedge ruler device

Definitions

  1. straightedge ruler device

Ancestry of “မျဉ်းတံ”, step by step

မျဉ်းတံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese တံ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseတံrodlike thing; anything rodlike; accumulation;...

via Burmese မျဉ်း

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseမျဉ်းto be pliant, be soft, be clinging
Every word from Burmese တံ