Where does “ဝၣ်” come from?

ဝၣ် (S'gaw Karen) comes from Proto-Karen *hwaᴮ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa — bamboo.

ဝၣ် (S'gaw Karen): bamboo

Definitions

  1. bamboo

Ancestry of “ဝၣ်”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Karen*hwaᴮ—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*rV-pabamboo

Words derived from “ဝၣ်”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-pa →Every word from Proto-Karen *hwaᴮ →