ဖား

Burmese

ဖား

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpa: • ALA-LC: phāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tibetan སྦལ་པ (sbal pa).

Alternative forms

• ဘား (bha:) (obsolete)

Noun

ဖား • (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)

1. frog
2. (slang) a person of Filipino ancestry

Etymology 2

Abbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬.

Verb

ဖား • (hpa:)

1. to fawn
2. to flatter in a servile way

Synonyms

• ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:)

References

• “ဘား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 724.
• “ဖား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.