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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phyâ "in a fever"). Luce's comparison with Old Chinese疲 (OC*bral, “wasting sickness”) may be outdated, unless the Burmese form's medial "y" used to be an "l".”
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned either by STEDT or Luce 1981. Maybe this is a loanword from Mon or some other language?”
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ɑ⁵³ phjɑ⁵⁵ "point / tip"). Luce's comparison with Old Chinese末 (OC*maːd, “tip”) is phonetically unsound.”
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (72. Fever)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 5
^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (71. Top; Tip; Extremity)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 5
Further reading
“ဖျား” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 697.