ဖျော်

Burmese

Etymology

Causative of ပျော် (pyau, “to melt, dissolve”). STEDT gives no etymology (phjɔ²² "dissolve (cause to)"), while Luce gives Old Chinese 附 (OC *bos, “to be added to”) and Tibetan སྦྱོར (sbyor, “to link, join, mingle”) as cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰjɔ̀/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpyau • ALA-LC: phyoʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpyaw • Okell: hpyo

Verb

Burmese verb set
Base ပျော် (pyau)
Causativeဖျော် (hpyau)

ဖျော် • (hpyau)

  1. to dissolve (in liquid)
  2. to dilute (to make a sweet drink)
  3. to make
  4. (poetic) to amuse, delight

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AW Finals (29. to Dilute; Sweet diluted drink)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 25

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