ဖဲ

See also: ဖဲ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpai: • ALA-LC: phai • BGN/PCGN: hpè: • Okell: hpè

Etymology 1

Noun

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

  1. (possibly in compounds) satin
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Old Chinese 跛 (OC *prals, *paːlʔ, “to walk lame”) (Hill, 2019).

Verb

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

  1. to avoid, keep away
Derived terms
  • ဖဲကြဉ် (hpai:krany)
  • ဖဲခွာ (hpai:hkwa)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese 牌 (pái, “plate; playing cards”).

Noun

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

  1. cards (game)
  2. playing card
Derived terms
  • ဖဲချ (hpai:hkya.)
  • ဖဲချိုး (hpai:hkyui:)
  • ဖဲဆင် (hpai:hcang)
  • ဖဲတက် (hpai:tak)
  • ဖဲထ (hpai:hta.)
  • ဖဲပွင့် (hpai:pwang.)
  • ဖဲရိုက် (hpai:ruik)
  • ဖဲသုံးချပ် (hpai:sum:hkyap)
  • ဖဲသေ (hpai:se)
  • ဝှက်ဖဲ (hwakhpai:)
  • သုံးပုံဖဲ (sum:pumhpai:)
Descendants
  • → Mon: ဖေဝ်

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bhiiʔ (“full; sated”). Cognate with Bahnar phĭ, Laven baheʔ, Semai ba'heeq.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ဖဲ (transliteration needed)

  1. full; sated

References

  1. ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ဖဲ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဖယ့် (phɛ̂).

Noun

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

  1. necklace
Usage notes

Used with the verb လံာ် (leẹ, “put on, wear (a necklace)”).

Etymology 2

Preposition

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

  1. at, in

Conjunction

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

  1. when
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