Where does “သုးခိၣ်ဒိၣ်” come from?
သုးခိၣ်ဒိၣ် (S'gaw Karen) comes from S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်, from Proto-Karen *khuᴮ.
သုးခိၣ်ဒိၣ် (S'gaw Karen): colonel
Definitions
- colonel
Ancestry of “သုးခိၣ်ဒိၣ်”, step by step
သုးခိၣ်ဒိၣ် traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via S'gaw Karen ခိၣ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S'gaw Karen | ခိၣ် | a head; the part of the body containing the brain, eyes and mouth |
| 2 | Proto-Karen | *khuᴮ | — |
via S'gaw Karen ဒိၣ်
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S'gaw Karen | ဒိၣ် | to be big |
via S'gaw Karen သုး
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S'gaw Karen | သုး | a basket or cage for fowl |