Wiktionary

ဗြဴ

See also: ဗြဲ

Mon edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Nyah Kur เพรา (“wife”), Khasi (ka) briw (“woman”).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /prɛ̤a/
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /pre̤a/, /prɛ̤a/[2]
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Noun edit

ဗြဴ (brau)[1]

  1. woman wife.[3]
    ဣဗြဴဏံကေတ်နၚ်။
    ʼibraoṇaṃketnaṅ.
    A woman brought them.
    ယၟုမၞိဟ်ဂမၠိုၚ်လေဝ်ချူမၞိဟ်တြုံမၞိဟ်ဗြဴဟာလေဝ်ချူ။
    ymumnihgamliuṅlewkhyūmnihtruṃmnihbraohālewkhyū.
    Write down their names and whether they are men or women.
    ကောန်ဗြဴ ― girl[3]
    မၞိဟ်ဗြဴ ― mnih brau ― a female person[3]
  2. wife
    Antonym: တြုံ (truʔ)

Derived terms edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 270
  2. ^ Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies‎[2], volume 26, page 416 of 411–418
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎[3], Rangoon: American Mission Press, pages 10, 101
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