Where does “က္ၜင်ကျာ” come from?

က္ၜင်ကျာ (Mon) comes from Mon က္ၜၚ် — edible bamboo shoot.

က္ၜင်ကျာ (Mon): aeroplane (US: airplane, plane)

Definitions

  1. aeroplane (US: airplane, plane)

Ancestry of “က္ၜင်ကျာ”, step by step

က္ၜင်ကျာ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mon က္ၜၚ်

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monက္ၜၚ်edible bamboo shoot

via Mon ကျာ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Monကျာair wind talk (especially a windy one)
Every word from Mon က္ၜၚ်