ပေ

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See also: ပေး

Burmese

Etymology 1

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pe "palmyra palm tree or leaf ( ca-pe 'writings, books' )"). Luce gives Old Chinese 梖 (“talipot”) as a cognate.[1] This is an exact semantic match, and the phonetics seem reasonable; however, the Chinese is thought to be borrowed from Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra, “leaf”). Could the Burmese also be an Indic borrowing from the same source, or perhaps a borrowing from the Chinese?”

Noun

ပေ • (pe)

  1. corypha palm; talipot palm (Corypha elata, Corypha umbraculifera)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Apparently from a Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bi¹ (“anvil”), though it has been speculated that the word is a borrowing into Lolo-Burmese from some unidentified language, due to the irregular correspondence between the Burmese form and Lahu (pì-tɛ, “idem”) (STEDT).

Noun

ပေ • (pe)

  1. anvil
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Portuguese pé.

Noun

ပေ • (pe)

  1. foot (measure of length)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pe "dirty; vile; vicious"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Note similarities to Old Chinese 卑 (OC *pe, “low, vulgar”).”

Verb

ပေ • (pe)

  1. to be soiled, be besmirched, be dirty
Derived terms

Etymology 5

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pe "have edge or point turned; dull, blunted"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Verb

ပေ • (pe)

  1. to move close to something, narrow
  2. to flatten
  3. (of a knife-edge) to be curled up
  4. to be blunted

Adjective

ပေ • (pe)

  1. stubborn, obstinate

Derived terms

Etymology 6

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pe "( verb affix, euphonic )"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Particle

ပေ • (pe)

  1. particle suffixed to a verb for emphasis
  2. particle suffixed to a noun to denote certainty
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (59. Corypha Palm and Leaf (for MSS)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 13

Further reading

Mon

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ပေ (pe).

Pronunciation

Noun

ပေ (pe)

  1. foot measure, foot rule

References

  • Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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