ဖား

Burmese

ဖား

Etymology

Cognate with Tibetan སྦལ་པ (sbal pa).

Alternative forms

• ဘား (bha:) (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰá/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpa: • ALA-LC: phāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà

Noun

ဖား • (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)

1. frog

References

• “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.