Where does “လိမ္မာပါးနပ်” come from?

လိမ္မာပါးနပ် (Burmese) comes from Burmese ပါးနပ်, from Burmese ပါး — thin; cheek.

လိမ္မာပါးနပ် (Burmese): to be shrewd

Definitions

  1. to be shrewd

Ancestry of “လိမ္မာပါးနပ်”, step by step

လိမ္မာပါးနပ် traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ပါးနပ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseပါးနပ်—
2Burmeseပါးthin; cheek

via Burmese လိမ္မာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလိမ္မာpolite, well-bred
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