Where does “ပ်ုဖၠုံ” come from?
ပ်ုဖၠုံ (Eastern Pwo) comes from Burmese ဖ, from Burmese ပိ — to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed.
ပ်ုဖၠုံ (Eastern Pwo): Karen person
Definitions
- Karen person
Ancestry of “ပ်ုဖၠုံ”, step by step
ပ်ုဖၠုံ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Burmese ဖ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burmese | ဖ | Pha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet |
| 2 | Burmese | ပိ | to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed |
via Eastern Pwo ပ်ု
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Pwo | ပ်ု | we, us |