ဘ့ၣ်

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

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Verb

ဘ့ၣ် • (baỳ)

  1. (~လီၤ) to take off

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *Ɂbaᴮ (“classifier for flat objects”).[1] Cognate with Eastern Pwo ၜိင်း (béiɴ), Western Pwo ဘံၪ့, Western Kayah ꤙꤢ꤬ (bà).

Classifier

ဘ့ၣ် • (baỳ)

  1. Classifier for flat, two-dimensional objects.
  2. Classifier for winged or saliently flat animals.
Usage notes

Words classified using ဘ့ၣ် (baỳ) include birds, items of clothing, books, leaves, sheets, boards, countries, and states.

References

  1. ^ Luangthongkum, Theraphan. 2019. A View on Proto-Karen Phonology and Lexicon. Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) Vol. 12.1 (2019): i-lii. ISSN: 1836-6821, DOI: http://hdl.handle.net/10524/52441
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