ဖဲ

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Burmese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Chinese (pái).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pʰɛ́/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpai: • ALA-LC: phai • BGN/PCGN: hpè: • Okell: hpè

Noun[edit]

ဖဲ (hpai:)

  1. cards (game)
  2. playing card

Descendants[edit]

  • Mon: ဖေဝ်

References[edit]

Mon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bhiiʔ (full; sated). Cognate with Bahnar phĭ, Laven baheʔ, Semai ba'heeq.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ဖဲ (transliteration needed)

  1. full; sated

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ဖဲ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

S'gaw Karen[edit]

Preposition[edit]

ဖဲ (hpeh)

  1. at, in

Conjunction[edit]

ဖဲ (hpeh)

  1. when