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Burmese
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ပေါ့, ဗော့
- IPA(key): /pɔ̰/, /bɔ̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pau. • ALA-LC: poʹ • BGN/PCGN: paw./baw. • Okell: pó/pó
Usage notes
The voiceless variant /pɔ̰/ occurs after /ʔ/; the voiced variant /bɔ̰/ after vowels and /ɴ/.
Particle
ပေါ့ • (pau.)
- (chiefly colloquial) like (mild intensifier; used to mean "to say" or "to think")
- 2005, San San Hnin Tun, "Discourse particles in Burmese", in Justin Watkins (ed.), Studies in Burmese Linguistics, →ISBN, p. 193:
- ဒါရောင်းတာ မဟုတ်ဘူးပေါ့လေ။ (daraung:ta ma.hutbhu:pau.le||)
- He was, like, I'm not selling them, you know?
- အဲဒါနဲ့ လွင်မိုးကလည်း ဝမ်းသာအားရပေါ့နော်။ (ai:danai. lwangmui:ka.lany: wam:saa:ra.pau.nau||)
- So then Lwin Moe was, like, really delighted, you know.
- (chiefly colloquial) say (let's say: used to mark an example, supposition, or hypothesis)
2005, San San Hnin Tun, “Discourse particles in Burmese”, in Justin Watkins, editor, Studies in Burmese Linguistics, →ISBN, page 193:အက်စီဒင့် ဖြစ်သွားတာပေါ့နော်။ (akcidang. hpracswa:tapau.nau||)- akcidang. hpracswa:tapau.nau|| (akcidang. hpracswa:tapau.nau||)
- So say there was an accident, right?
- (chiefly colloquial) you know (used to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement)
2005, San San Hnin Tun, “Discourse particles in Burmese”, in Justin Watkins, editor, Studies in Burmese Linguistics, →ISBN, page 193:ကလဲ့စားချေတဲ့ သဘောမျိုးနဲ့ပေါ့။ (ka.lai.ca:hkyetai. sa.bhau:myui:nai.pau.||)- ka.lai.ca:hkyetai. sa.bhau:myui:nai.pau.|| (ka.lai.ca:hkyetai. sa.bhau:myui:nai.pau.||)
- It was done as a way of getting even, you know.
References
- “ပေါ့” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.