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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phi¹nɑp "shoe"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. MED treats the word as atomic; the constituent syllables are ဖိ(hpi., “to press, flatten”) + နပ်(nap, “to be sharp, fully cooked”) (second syllable doesn't seem to be semantically contributing). The Burmese looks a lot like Ancient Greekπῐ́νᾰξ(pínax, “board, tablet, pinax”), and the meanings seem to match. The Greek word is known to have entered many other languages; it seems plausible that it entered Burmese via trade (what would be the most likely route, if true?).”
