เบี้ย

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Thai

Etymology

Compare Middle Chinese (MC pajH, “cowrie”) or (MC bjiejH, “money”). Cognate with Northern Thai ᨷ᩠ᨿᩮ᩶, Lao ເບ້ຍ (bīa), ᦵᦢᧉ (ḃe²), Shan မေႈ (mēe) or ဝေႈ (wēe), Phake မေ (me), Ahom 𑜈𑜣 ().

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicเบี้ย
e ɓ ī ˆ y
RomanizationPaiboonbîia
Royal Institutebia
(standard) IPA(key)/bia̯˥˩/(R)

Noun

เบี้ย (bîia)

  1. cowrie shell.
  2. small amount of money.
  3. (chess) pawn.

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See also

Chess pieces in Thai · ตัวหมากรุก (dtuua màak-rúk) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
คิง (king)
ขุน (kǔn)
ควีน (kwiin)
เม็ด (mét)
เรือ (rʉʉa) บิชอป (bì-chɔ́p)
โคน (koon)
อัศวิน (àt-sà-win)
ม้า (máa)
เบี้ย (bîia)