ပီ

• IPA^(key): /pì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pi • ALA-LC: pī • BGN/PCGN: pi • Okell: pi

Borrowed from English pee.

ပီ • (pi)

1. the Latin letter P/p

ပီ • (pi)

1. to be up to the mark
2. (of speech) to be distinct, clear, accurate, well-pronounced

• “ပီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴮ¹ (“flute”). Cognate with Thai ปี่ (bpìi), Lao ປີ່ (pī), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ᩵, Khün ᨸᩦ᩵, Lü ᦔᦲᧈ (ṗii¹), Shan ပီႇ (pìi), Tai Dam ꪜꪲ꪿, Tai Nüa ᥙᥤᥱ (pǐ), Phake ပီ (pī), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī).

ပ︀ီ (transliteration needed)

1. flute.

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴬ¹ (“year”), from Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”).

ပ︀ီ (pii)

1. year

From Proto-Tai *pliːᴬ (“banana blossom”).

ပ︀ီ (pii)

1. banana blossom

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴮ¹ (“flute”). Cognate with Thai ปี่ (bpìi), Lao ປີ່ (pī), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ᩵, Khün ᨸᩦ᩵, Lü ᦔᦲᧈ (ṗii¹), Shan ပီႇ (pìi), Tai Dam ꪜꪲ꪿, Tai Nüa ᥙᥤᥱ (pǐ), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī).

ပ︀ီ (pii)

1. flute

Compare Chinese 筆／笔 (bǐ). Cognate with Shan ပီ (pǐi, “writing brush”).

ပ︀ီ (pii)

1. pen, pencil

• IPA^(key): /piː˨˦/
• Rhymes: -iː

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *piːᴬ¹ (“year”), from Proto-Tai *piːᴬ (“year”). Cognate with Thai ปี (bpii), Northern Thai ᨸᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Lü ᦔᦲ (ṗii), Tai Nüa ᥙᥤ (pi), Phake ပီ (pī), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī), Zhuang bi, Bouyei bil.

ပီ • (pǐi)

1. year.

   Synonym: ပီႊ (pi᷈i)

From Proto-Tai *pliːᴬ (“banana blossom”). Cognate with Thai ปลี (bplii), Northern Thai ᨸᩖᩦ, Lao ປີ (pī), Phake ပီ (pī).

ပီ • (pǐi)

1. banana blossom.

Compare Chinese 筆／笔 (bǐ). Cognate with Phake ပီ (pī, “pen; pencil”).

ပီ • (pǐi)

1. writing brush; small painting brush.