ဖြီး

According to STEDT, from Proto-Burmish *prəj (“to comb, brush”), from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔ-gʷəj-s (“comb (for hair)”), a root with a phonologically unstable initial. See the probably-related ဘီး (bhi:, “comb”) for more.

It is unclear if the "plentiful" or "bluff" senses are related to the "comb" sense (and the former two are pronounced differently in modern dialects from the latter), though MED groups them together.

• IPA^(key): /pʰjí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpri: • ALA-LC: phrīʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpyi: • Okell: hpyì

ဖြီး • (hpri:)

1. (archaic) plentiful (as of rain)

ဖြီး • (hpri:)

1. to bluff, pretend

• Phonetic respelling: ဖီး
• IPA^(key): /pʰí/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpri: • ALA-LC: phrīʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpi: • Okell: hpì
• Homophone: ဖီး (hpi:)

ဖြီး • (hpri:)

1. to comb or brush (the hair)
2. to card (cotton)

• ဘီး (bhi:)

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