ပေ

ပေ • (pe)

1. corypha palm; talipot palm (Corypha elata, Corypha umbraculifera)

Apparently from a Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bi¹ (“anvil”), though it has been speculated that the word is a borrowing into Lolo-Burmese from some unidentified language, due to the irregular correspondence between the Burmese form and Lahu [Term?] (pì-tɛ, “idem”) (STEDT).

ပေ • (pe)

1. anvil

Borrowed from Portuguese pé.

ပေ • (pe)

1. foot (measure of length)

ပေ • (pe)

1. to be soiled, be besmirched, be dirty

ပေ • (pe)

1. to move close to something, narrow
2. to flatten
3. (of a knife-edge) to be curled up
4. to be blunted

ပေ • (pe)

1. stubborn, obstinate

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

ပေ • (pe)

1. particle suffixed to a verb for emphasis
2. particle suffixed to a noun to denote certainty

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

Borrowed from Burmese ပေ (pe).

• IPA^(key): /pe/

ပေ (pe)

1. foot measure, foot rule

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