ဖဲ

Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Chinese 牌 (pái).

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

cards (game)
playing card

Descendants edit

→ Mon: ဖေဝ်

References edit

“ဖဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

ဖဲ (transliteration needed)

full; sated

References edit

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

S'gaw Karen edit

Preposition edit

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

at, in

Conjunction edit

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

when

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