ဘီ

See also: ဘီး and ဘော

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bì/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhi • ALA-LC: bhī • BGN/PCGN: bi • Okell: bi

Etymology 1

Noun

ဘီ • (bhi)

  1. great-great-grandfather.

See also

Etymology 2

From English bill.

Noun

ဘီ • (bhi)

  1. bill.

Etymology 3

From English bee.

Noun

ဘီ • (bhi)

  1. the Latin letter B/b.

Further reading

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *pan (spear).[1] Cognate with Pa'o Karen ဗင်.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ́/

Noun

ဘီ • (baw)[2]

  1. a spear; a long pole with a sharp point on one end of it used as a weapon.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *ʔbaŋᴬ (yellow), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (shine; bright; yellow). Cognate with Western Pwo ဘၩ့, Eastern Pwo ၜင် (bàɴ), Western Kayah ꤙꤛꤢ꤭ (byā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ́/

Adjective

ဘီ • (baw)

  1. yellow; the colour of a lemon fruit.

References

  1. ^ Manson, Ken. 2009. A prolegomena to reconstructing Proto-Karen. La Trobe Papers in Linguistics Vol. 12 (2009).
  2. ^ အဲကလံးဝီၢ်သြဲ ၁၀၀၀ ဖျၢၣ် လၢပကြၢးသ့ၣ်ညါ The first 1,000 words picture dictionary (S'gaw Karen) 1995 to 1979, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.