Where does “ဖီမုၢ်ဃါ” come from?

ဖီမုၢ်ဃါ (S'gaw Karen) comes from Burmese ဖ, from Burmese ပိ — to be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed.

ဖီမုၢ်ဃါ (S'gaw Karen): an orchid, Dendrobium compactum

Definitions

  1. an orchid, Dendrobium compactum

Ancestry of “ဖီမုၢ်ဃါ”, step by step

ဖီမုၢ်ဃါ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BurmeseဖPha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
2Burmeseပိto be pressed, to be flattened, to be crushed

via S'gaw Karen မုၢ်ဃါ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenမုၢ်ဃါ—
Every word from Burmese ပိ →Every word from Burmese ဖ →