Where does “လါခူး” come from?

လါခူး (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen လါ, from Proto-Karen *ʔlaᴬ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la — moon.

လါခူး (S'gaw Karen): the La Hkuh month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with August

Definitions

  1. the La Hkuh month of the Karen lunar calendar, roughly corresponding with August

Ancestry of “လါခူး”, step by step

လါခူး traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via S'gaw Karen လါ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenလါmoon
2Proto-Karen*ʔlaᴬ—
3Proto-Sino-Tibetan*sr-lamoon

via S'gaw Karen ခူး

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1S'gaw Karenခူး—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sr-la →Every word from Proto-Karen *ʔlaᴬ →Every word from S'gaw Karen လါ →