ဗှ်ေ

Mon

Alternative forms

  • ဗေဟ်[1]

Etymology

Cognate with Nyah Kur เพ็ฮ่.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe̤h/[3]
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

ဗှ်ေ (beh)[2]

  1. you, thou (second-person singular)
    Audio:(file)
    အဲဆာန်ဗှေ် ― ʔoat͡ɕʰanpʰe̤ ― I love you!
    Audio:(file)
    တြုံဗှ်ေ ― truĥ beh ― you! husband[3]
  2. you (second-person plural, toward inferior or children)[1]

See also

(thou):

  • မၞး (mnaḥ)

(second-person plural):

  • (toward equals) မၞးတံ (mnaḥ taʼ); (colloquial, used by the aged to the young) ၝာဲ (mbāy)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎[1], Rangoon: American Mission Press, pages 11, 98
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎[2], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 270
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jenny, Mathias (2015) “Modern Mon”, in Mathias Jenny and Paul Sidwell, editors, The Handbook of Austroasiatic Languages‎[3], volume 1, Leiden and Boston: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 568 of 553–600
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