Where does “မဲာ” come from?

မဲာ (Mon) comes from Burmese မ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

မဲာ (Mon): indigo

Definitions

  1. indigo

Ancestry of “မဲာ”, step by step

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