ယောက်ဖ
Burmese
Etymology
ယောက် (yauk) + -ဖ (-hpa., “male suffix”), with the former syllable possibly invoking the "classifier for persons" sense.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaʊʔpʰa̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: yaukhpa. • ALA-LC: yokʻpha • BGN/PCGN: yaukhpa. • Okell: yauʔhpá
Noun
ယောက်ဖ • (yaukhpa.)
- brother-in-law, specifically, sister's husband, husband's younger brother, or wife's brother
Coordinate terms
- ခယ်မ (hkaima., “sister-in-law (wife's younger sister)”)
- ချွေးမ (hkywe:ma., “daughter-in-law”)
- ခဲအို (hkai:ui, “brother-in-law (older sister's husband)”)
- မတ် (mat, “brother-in-law (husband's younger brother)”)
- မရီး (ma.ri:, “sister-in-law (older brother's wife)”)
- ယောက္ခထီး (yaukhka.hti:, “father-in-law”)
- ယောက္ခမ (yaukhka.ma., “mother-in-law”)
- ယောက်ဖ (yaukhpa., “brother-in-law (general)”)
- ယောင်းမ (yaung:ma., “sister-in-law (general)”)
- သားမက် (sa:mak, “son-in-law”)
Further reading
- “ယောက်ဖ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.