ဖဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 牌 (pái).

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

Noun

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

  1. cards (game)
  2. playing card

Descendants
  • → Mon: ဖေဝ်

References

Mon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /phoa/[1]
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /phoa/

Adjective

ဖဲ (transliteration needed)

  1. full; sated

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

S'gaw Karen

Preposition

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

  1. at, in

Conjunction

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

  1. when
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