ဘီၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *ˀbaŋᴮ (“bamboo shoot”), from Austroasiatic (Luce 1985), compare Proto-Palaungic *ɓaŋ (Appendix:Proto-Palaungic reconstructions), Mon က္ၜၚ်. Cognate with Eastern Pwo ၜင်း (báɴ), Western Pwo ဝၪဘၪ့.

Noun

ဘီၣ် • (baẁ)

  1. bamboo shoot

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *Ɂbluŋᴮ (“fat”). Cognate with Eastern Pwo ၜံင်း (bóɴ), Pa'o Karen ပြွောင်ႏ.

Verb

ဘီၣ် • (baẁ)

  1. (stative) to be fat
    Antonym: ဃဲၤ (xeh̄)

References

  • Luangthongkum, Theraphan (2019) “A view on proto-Karen phonology and lexicon”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎[1], volume 12, number 1
  • Luce, Gordon. 1985. Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: languages and history (volume 2). Oxford University Press. →ISBN
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