ပနၢ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *p/b-naᴮ (“buffalo”). Cognate with Bwe Karen bəne, Eastern Pwo ပၞာႋ (pnā), Pa'o Karen ပနား, Western Pwo ပနါ. Luce (1985) notes a connection with Palaungic; compare Proto-Palaungic *mənaːʔ(Appendix:Proto-Palaungic reconstructions), whence Danau ပနာအ် (pənàʔ), မနာအ် (mənàʔ).

Pronunciation

  • (Kayin State) IPA(key): /pəna̤⁵²/

Noun

ပနၢ် • (pa na̱) (classifier ဒု)

  1. water buffalo

References

  • Luce, Gordon. 1985. Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: languages and history (volume 2). Oxford University Press. →ISBN
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