ဘီ
See also: ဘီး and ဘော
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bì/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhi • ALA-LC: bhī • BGN/PCGN: bi • Okell: bi
Noun
ဘီ • (bhi)
- great-great-grandfather.
See also
- (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), (Category: my:Family)
Etymology 2
From English bill.
Noun
ဘီ • (bhi)
- bill.
Etymology 3
From English bee.
Noun
ဘီ • (bhi)
- the Latin letter B/b.
Further reading
- “ဘီ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
S'gaw Karen
Etymology
From Proto-Karen *ʔbaŋᴬ (“yellow”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“shine; bright; yellow”). Cognate with Western Pwo ဘၩ့, Western Kayah ꤙꤛꤢ꤭ (byā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ́/
Noun
ဘီ • (baw)[1]
- a spear; a long pole with a sharp point on one end of it used as a weapon.
Adjective
ဘီ • (baw)
- yellow; the colour of a lemon fruit.
References
- အဲကလံးဝီၢ်သြဲ ၁၀၀၀ ဖျၢၣ် လၢပကြၢးသ့ၣ်ညါ The first 1,000 words picture dictionary (S'gaw Karen) 1995 to 1979, Kanchanaburi, Thailand.