See also: ပြီ

Burmese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *N-bri¹/² (full, complete) (STEDT). Cognate with Lahu bi (full); outside of Lolo-Burmese, compare Old Chinese (OC *breːlʔ, *bral, *bralʔ, “to cease, finish, complete”).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respellings: ပီး, ပြီး
  • IPA(key): /pí/, /pjí/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pri: • ALA-LC: prīʺ • BGN/PCGN: pi:/pyi: • Okell: pì/pyì

Verb

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ပြီး (pri:)

  1. to finish (come to an end)
  2. to be invulnerable, be immune from

Particle

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ပြီး (pri:)

  1. word to indicate the completion of an act, etc.

Conjunction

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ပြီး (pri:)

  1. subsequent to the time when, after

Derived terms

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Further reading

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