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Burmese
ဘဲ
Etymology 1
From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bay .
Pronunciation
Noun
ဘဲ • (bhai: ) (classifier ကောင် )
duck ( aquatic bird of the family Anatidae )
( slang ) boyfriend
ploughshare shaped like a duckbill
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
IPA (key ) : /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hp è/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 .)
Pronunciation
Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
IPA (key ) : /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hp è/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
Mon
Etymology
From Pali bhaya , from Sanskrit भय ( bhaya ) .
Noun
ဘဲ (phòa )
calamity