Where does “ရာ” come from?
ရာ (Burmese) comes from Old Burmese ရျာ, from Sino-Tibetan *pV-rja(k).
ရာ (Burmese): hundred
Definitions
- hundred
Ancestry of “ရာ”, step by step
ရာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Burmese ရျာ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Burmese | ရျာ | — |
| 2 | Sino-Tibetan | *pV-rja(k) | — |
via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-waʔ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | *rV-waʔ | rain |