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Burmese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Burmese ပိယ်ဟ် (piyh), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-bəj-n/k (“to give”) or Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pîʔ (“to give”). Cognate with Tibetan སྦྱིན (sbyin, “to give, to bestow”) and Old Chinese 畀 (OC *pids, “to give”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Verb
ပေး • (pe:)
- to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
- to settle, pay
- to give the meaning of, mean
- to execute an action
Particle
ပေး • (pe:)
- particle suffixed to a verb to denote that whatever that is being done is for somebody else
- particle used after a verb to show encouragement or exhortation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ပေး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.