ဖား

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Burmese[edit]

ဖား

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).

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Noun[edit]

ဖား (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. frog
  2. (slang) a person of Filipino ancestry

Etymology 2[edit]

Abbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬.

Verb[edit]

ဖား (hpa:)

  1. to fawn
  2. to flatter in a servile way
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