ဖဲ

See also: ဖဲ့

Burmese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

1. (possibly in compounds) satin

Derived terms

• ဖဲကြိုး (hpai:krui:)
• ဖဲထီး (hpai:hti:)
• ဖဲပြား (hpai:pra:)

Etymology 2

Compare Old Chinese 跛 (OC *prals, *paːlʔ, “to walk lame”) (Hill, 2019).

Verb

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

1. to avoid, keep away

Derived terms

• ဖဲကြဉ် (hpai:krany)
• ဖဲခွာ (hpai:hkwa)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Chinese 牌 (pái, “plate; playing cards”).

Noun

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

1. cards (game)
2. playing card

Derived terms

• ဖဲချ (hpai:hkya.)
• ဖဲချိုး (hpai:hkyui:)
• ဖဲဆင် (hpai:hcang)
• ဖဲတက် (hpai:tak)
• ဖဲထ (hpai:hta.)
• ဖဲပွင့် (hpai:pwang.)
• ဖဲရိုက် (hpai:ruik)
• ဖဲသုံးချပ် (hpai:sum:hkyap)
• ဖဲသေ (hpai:se)
• ဝှက်ဖဲ (hwakhpai:)
• သုံးပုံဖဲ (sum:pumhpai:)

Descendants

• → Mon: ဖေဝ်

Further reading

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

Mon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) IPA^(key): /phoa/
• (Thailand) IPA^(key): /phoa/

Adjective

ဖဲ (transliteration needed)

1. full; sated

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဖယ့် (phɛ̂).

Noun

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

1. necklace

Usage notes

Used with the verb လံာ် (leẹ, “put on, wear (a necklace)”).

Etymology 2

Preposition

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

1. at, in

Conjunction

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

1. when