Where does “ဖဲအံၤ” come from?

ဖဲအံၤ (S'gaw Karen) comes from Burmese ဖဲ, from Chinese 牌.

ဖဲအံၤ (S'gaw Karen): here

Definitions

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Ancestry of “ဖဲအံၤ”, step by step

ဖဲအံၤ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Burmese ဖဲ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Burmeseဖဲcards; playing card
2Chinese牌—

via S'gaw Karen အံၤ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenအံၤ—
Every word from Chinese 牌 →Every word from Burmese ဖဲ →