ဖိ

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Burmese

Etymology

Causative of ပိ (pi., to be pressed down).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰḭ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpi. • ALA-LC: phi • BGN/PCGN: hpi. • Okell: hpí

Verb

ဖိ (hpi.)

Burmese verb set
Base ပိ (pi.)
Causativeဖိ (hpi.)
  1. to press, flatten
  2. to weigh something down
  3. to press hard (in a game or fight)

Adverb

ဖိ (hpi.)

  1. hard

Derived terms

Further reading

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

Cognate with Western Pwo ဖိၪ, Eastern Pwo ဖောဟ် (phʊ́).

Noun

ဖိ (hpoh)

  1. child (son or daughter).
  2. Used to refer to the babies of an animal.
    ထွံၣ်ဖိ
    hṭweèhpoh
    a puppy
  3. A marker used to form an agent noun or to denote a person characterised by the preceding noun.
    သုးဖိ
    thühpoh
    a soldier
    ပှၤကီၢ်ပယီၤဖိ
    phgā kaw̱ pa yaw̄hpoh
    a Burman
  4. A diminutive marker suffixed to nouns or adjectives, for example:
    ချံဖိ
    khleehpoh
    a small boat

Compounds