ဖး

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဖါ (phà).

Verb

ဖး • (hpä)

  1. (intransitive) to crack, burst

Compounds

  • နီၤဖး (naw̄ hpä)
  • ဖးထီၣ် (hpä hṭaẁ)
  • သ့ၣ်ဖး (thaỳ hpä)

Verb

ဖး • (hpä)

  1. Used before monosyllabic descriptive verbs as an intensifier.

Compounds

  • ဖးထီ (hpä hṭaw)
  • ဖးဒိၣ် (hpä doh̀)
  • ဖးယံာ် (hpä yeẹ)
  • ဖးယံၤ (hpä yeē)
  • ဖးယိာ် (hpä yoḥ)
  • ဖးလဲၢ် (hpä leẖ)
  • ဖးအါ (hpä ʼah)

Etymology 2

Compare Burmese ဖတ် (hpat), Western Pwo ဖီ.

Verb

ဖး • (hpä)

  1. to read