ဖိတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰeɪʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpit • ALA-LC: phitʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpeik • Okell: hpeiʔ

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phit "spill"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ဖိတ် • (hpit)

1. to spill
2. to shine, glow

Derived terms

• ဖိတ်စဉ် (hpitcany)
• ဖိတ်တစ်ဝက်စဉ်‌တစ်ဝက် (hpittac-wakcany‌tac-wak)
• ဖိတ်ဖိတ်စဉ်စဉ် (hpithpitcanycany)
• ဖိတ်ဖိတ်တောက် (hpithpittauk)
• ယိုဖိတ် (yuihpit)
• ရေဖိတ်စပါး (rehpitca.pa:)

Etymology 2

Verb

ဖိတ် • (hpit)

1. to invite

Usage notes

• The synonym used for Buddhist monks is ပင့် (pang.).

Derived terms

• ဆွမ်းဖိတ် (hcwam:hpit)
• ဈေးဖိတ်နေ့ (jhe:hpitne.)
• တောဖိတ်နေ့ (tau:hpitne.)
• ပင့်ဖိတ် (pang.hpit)
• ဖိတ်ကြား (hpitkra:)
• ဖိတ်ခေါ် (hpithkau)
• ဖိတ်စာ (hpitca)
• ဖိတ်မန္တကပြု (hpitmanta.ka.pru.)
• မြို့ဖိတ်နေ့ (mrui.hpitne.)
• အဖိတ် (a.hpit)

Descendants

• → Mon: ဖိက်

Further reading

• “ဖိတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.