Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ပီဗီ
  • IPA(key): /pìbì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pipi • ALA-LC: pīpī • BGN/PCGN: pibi • Okell: pipi

Etymology 1

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Reduplication of the verb ပီ (pi)

Adverb

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ပီပီ (pipi)

  1. distinctly
  2. in a befitting manner

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic

Noun

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ပီပီ (pipi) (classifier ခု)

  1. whistle
    Synonym: ဝီစီ (wici)