بئے

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Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *mēy. Cognate with Tamil மேய் (mēy, to graze).[1]

Noun

بَئے (bae)

  1. grass fit for grazing
    بَئے و بُوچbae o būcgrass and shrub
  2. any shrub fit for grazing

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “5093”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • Bray, Denys (1934) “bei”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 70
  • Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “bae”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 691