ဘီ

See also: ဘီး and ဘော

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bì/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhi • ALA-LC: bhī • BGN/PCGN: bi • Okell: bi

Etymology 1

Noun

ဘီ • (bhi)

1. great-great-grandfather.

See also

• (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), ^{(Category: my:Family)}

Etymology 2

From English bill.

Noun

ဘီ • (bhi)

1. bill.

Etymology 3

From English bee.

Noun

ဘီ • (bhi)

1. the Latin letter B/b.

Further reading

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

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́/

Noun

ဘီ • (baw)

1. a spear; a long pole with a sharp point on one end of it used as a weapon.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *ʔbaŋᴬ (“yellow”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“shine; bright; yellow”). Cognate with Western Pwo ဘၩ့, Eastern Pwo ၜင် (bàɴ), Western Kayah ꤙꤛꤢ꤭ (byā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ́/

Adjective

ဘီ • (baw)

1. yellow; the colour of a lemon fruit.