ဖို့

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See also: ဖ, ဖြီး, ဖြူ, ဖား, ဖူး, and 𑄜

Burmese

Etymology 1

Causative form of ပို့ (pui., “to be piled”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰo̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpui. • ALA-LC: phuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: hpo. • Okell: hpoú

Verb

ဖို့ • (hpui.)

Burmese verb set
Base ပို့ (pui.)
Causativeဖို့ (hpui.)
  1. to heap, pile on, build (a dyke, embankment, dam, etc.)
  2. to fill (a cavity)
  3. to heap, pile on (blame)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT. Luce gives Tibetan ཕྱོགས (phyogs, “direction; for the sake of”) as a cognate.[1]”

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respellings: ဖို့, ဗို့
  • IPA(key): /pʰo̰/, /bo̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpui. • ALA-LC: phuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: hpo./bo. • Okell: hpoú/hpoú

Particle

ဖို့ • (hpui.)

  1. (colloquial) in order to, to (indicating purpose)
    ဘာလုပ်ဖို့ အစီအစဉ် ရှိသလဲ။
    bhaluphpui. a.cia.cany hri.sa.lai:||
    What do you plan to do?
    အတွေးအခေါ် ရင့်သန်ဖို့ စာ များများ ဖတ်သင့်။
    a.twe:a.hkau rang.sanhpui. ca mya:mya: hpatsang.||
    You have to read a lot in order for your mind to grow.
  2. particle employed in forming gerunds
Synonyms

Postposition

ဖို့ • (hpui.)

  1. Alternative form of အဖို့ (a.hpui., “to, for”)
    ကလေးဖို့ ဖိနပ်တရန် ― ka.le:hpui. hpi.napta.ran ― a pair of sandals for the child

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (45. a Share; For...)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29

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