ပှၤ

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

Cognate with Western Kayah ꤕꤚꤟꤢꤧ꤬ (prà̤e). Luce (1985) lists ပှၤ as a pure Karen word whose origin cannot be traced outside of the Karen languages.

Pronunciation

  • (Kayin State) IPA(key): /pɣa̤²¹/

Noun

ပှၤ • (phgā)

  1. a person

Derived terms

  • ပှၤကညီ (phgā ka nyaw)
  • ပှၤကၠိဖိ (phgā kyoh hpoh)
  • ပှၤဘၣ်ကီဘၣ်ခဲ (phgā bà kaw bà kheh)

Pronoun

ပှၤ • (phgā)

  1. (object pronoun) us

References

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