ဘဲ
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ဘဲ
Burmese
Etymology 1
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè: • Okell: bè
Noun
ဘဲ • (bhai:) (classifier ကောင်)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
- IPA(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè
Postposition
ဘဲ • (bhai:)
- without (not doing or not having done something)
- ထီး မပါဘဲ ဘယ်တော့မှ မသွားပါဘူး
- hti: ma.pabhai: bhaitau.hma. ma.swa:pabhu:
- He never leaves without taking his umbrella.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
- IPA(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
- Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè
Particle
ဘဲ • (bhai:)
- Used after any sentence element or an entire sentence to add emphasis, indeed, really
- ဒီမှာဘဲ နေရ်ခဲ့
- dihmabhai: nerhkai.
- Stay right here!
- ခင်ဗျာ့သူငယ်ချင်းဘဲ ရေးတာလား
- hkangbya.su-ngaihkyang:bhai: re:tala:
- Was it your friend who wrote it?
- သိတာပေါ့ ကျွန်တော့် ညီတဝမ်းကွဲဘဲ
- si.tapau. kywantau. nyita.wam:kwai:bhai:
- Of course I know him, he’s my cousin!
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ဘဲ • (bhai:)
- great grandfather's great grandfather, six generations removed from oneself
See also
- (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), (Category: my:Family)
Further reading
- “ဘဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, pages 294–97
Mon
Etymology
From Pali bhaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).
Noun
ဘဲ (phòa)