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Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(b/m)a-y (“what”). Cognate with Jingpho tr-hpa (“what?”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ဘာ • (bha)
- (interrogative) what?
Derived terms
Further reading
Mon
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali vihāra or Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ဘာ (phɛ̀a)[1]
- monastery; wat[1][2][3][4]
- (Myanmar) school[1][2]
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Thailand) school
- (Myanmar) funeral pavilion[1]
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society, page 348
- ^ พวน รามัญวงศ์ (2005) พจนานุกรมมอญ-ไทย ฉบับมอญสยาม , กรุงเทพฯ : มติชน , →ISBN
- ^ จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ (2007) พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี (in Thai), ปทุมธานี : วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ
Shwe Palaung
Verb
ဘာ (transliteration needed)
- to hold