ဖား

Burmese

ဖား

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʰá/

Romanization: MLCTS: hpa: • ALA-LC: phāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tibetan སྦལ་པ (sbal pa).

Alternative forms

ဘား (bha:) (obsolete)

Noun

ဖား • (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)

frog
(slang) a person of Filipino ancestry

Etymology 2

Abbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬.

Verb

ဖား • (hpa:)

to fawn
to flatter in a servile way

Synonyms

ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:)

References

“ဘား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 724.
“ဖား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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