ပြီ
See also: ပြီး
Burmese edit
Alternative forms edit
- ပီ (pi)
Pronunciation edit
- Phonetic respellings: ပြီ, ဗြီ, ပီ, ဗီ
- IPA(key): /pjì/, /bjì/, /pì/, /bì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pri • ALA-LC: prī • BGN/PCGN: pyi/byi/pi/bi • Okell: pyi/pyi/pi/pi
Usage notes edit
- The voiceless variants /pjì/, /pì/ occur after /ʔ/; the voiced variants /bjì/, /bì/ after a vowel or /ɴ/.
- The variants /pjì/, /bjì/ occur in careful pronunciation; the variants /pì/, /bì/ are colloquial.
Particle edit
ပြီ • (pri)
- indicates the fulfillment of an action or achievement of a state
- ကောင်းပါပြီ။
- kaung:papri||
- It’s been good.
- yet (in yes-no questions)
- ရောက်ပြီလား။
- raukprila:||
- Has he arrived yet?
Derived terms edit
- ပြီးပြီ (pri:pri)
References edit
- “ပြီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “ပြီ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.