Where does “လူမှု” come from?

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

လူမှု (Burmese): social duties and obligations

Definitions

  1. social duties and obligations

Ancestry of “လူမှု”, step by step

လူမှု 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 လူ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseလူman human being, person
2Burmeseလmoon; month

Words derived from “လူမှု”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Burmese မ →