ဖွေ
Burmese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phwe "seek, search for"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰwè/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hpwe • ALA-LC: phve • BGN/PCGN: hpwe • Okell: hpwei
Verb
ဖွေ • (hpwe)
- only used in ရှာဖွေ (hrahpwe, “to seek, search for”) and derivatives
Derived terms
- ရှာဖွေ (hrahpwe)
- ရှာဖွေရေး (hrahpwere:)
- ရှာရှာဖွေဖွေ (hrahrahpwehpwe)
Further reading
- “ဖွေ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.