Where does “kawngmu” come from?

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

kawngmu (Jingpho): pagoda

Definitions

  1. pagoda

Ancestry of “kawngmu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseကောင်းမှုgood deed, meritorious deed
2Burmeseမnot; miss; Alternative form of မယ်
3Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Burmese မ →Every word from Burmese ကောင်းမှု →