ဖား
Burmese
ဖား
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰá/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hpa: • ALA-LC: phāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà
Etymology 1
Cognate with Tibetan སྦལ་པ (sbal pa).
Alternative forms
- ဘား (bha:) (obsolete)
Noun
ဖား • (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)
- frog
- (slang) a person of Filipino ancestry
Etymology 2
Abbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Min Nan 扶𡳞脬.
Verb
ဖား • (hpa:)
- to fawn
- to flatter in a servile way
Synonyms
- ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:)
References
- “ဘား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 724.
- “ဖား” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.