ဖား

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Burmese

ဖား

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰá/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpa: • ALA-LC: phāʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpa: • Okell: hpà

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-bal (frog). Cognate with Tibetan སྦལ་པ (sbal pa); has also been tentatively compared with Old Chinese (OC *ban, “paw”) (STEDT), as well as to (OC *mraː, “toad”) by Luce.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

ဖား (hpa:) (classifier ကောင်)

  1. frog
  2. wooden block used as shim
  3. (slang) a person of Filipino ancestry
Derived terms

Etymology 2

According to MED, an abbreviated form of ဖော်လံဖား (hpaulamhpa:), ultimately from Hokkien 扶𡳞脬.

Verb

ဖား (hpa:)

  1. to fawn, curry favor, butter up
  2. to flatter in a servile way
Synonyms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phâ "fatigued, as horse in race"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

ဖား (hpa:)

  1. (colloquial) to be tired, be fatigued
Derived terms

Etymology 4

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phâ "( prn. bhâ ) hang loosely about; be flowing, full"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”

Adjective

ဖား (hpa:)

  1. floppy
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-A Finals (69. Frog)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 5

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