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Where does “အမယ်” come from?

အမယ် (Burmese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan mow — woman; female relative.

အမယ် (Burmese): mother; woman; "pronoun used to address a woman"

Definitions

  1. mother; woman; "pronoun used to address a woman"

Ancestry of “အမယ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetanmowwoman; female relative
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