Where does “သူမ” come from?
သူမ (Burmese) comes from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.
သူမ (Burmese): she
Ancestry of “သူမ”, step by step
သူမ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese မ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | မ | not; miss; Alternative form of မယ် |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | ma | no, not, negative, not have, none |
via Burmese သူ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Burmese | သူ | he; she; it |
| 2 | Proto-Sino-Tibetan | su ~ s-lu | who; indefinite pronoun; remote third-person... |