ဖား
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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /pʰá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hpa: • ALA-LC: phāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà
Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate with Tibetan སྦལ་པ (sbal pa).
Alternative forms
[edit]- ဘား (bha:) (obsolete)
Noun
[edit]ဖား • (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)
Etymology 2
[edit]Abbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬.
Verb
[edit]ဖား • (hpa:)
Synonyms
[edit]- ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:)
References
[edit]- “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.