ဘီၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *ˀbaŋᴮ (“bamboo shoot”), from Mon တ္ၜၚ်.

Noun

ဘီၣ် • (baẁ)

1. bamboo shoot

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *Ɂbluŋᴮ (“fat”).

Adjective

ဘီၣ် • (baẁ)

1. fat

References

• Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 12, number 1