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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b(w)ay (“left”), widely attested in Tibeto-Burman languages; compare Naxi wai (“id”). Said root is co-allofamic with Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(p/b)aːy (“lame, limp, askew”); more distant cognates from this latter root include perhaps Old Chinese 跛 (OC *prals, *paːlʔ, “to walk lame”), 頗 (OC *pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls, “slanting, oblique, perverse”), 坡 (OC *pʰaːl), 陂 (OC *pral, *prals, “riverbank, dike”), 詖 (OC *pral, *prals, “biased, insincere”) (STEDT).
Noun
ဘယ် • (bhai)
- left (the left side)
- Antonym: ညာ (nya)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given an etymology by STEDT (bɛ²² "which"), and neither does Luce 1981 adduce any cognates.[1] Could it be an extension of Etymology 2 to a generic grammatical or question-type sense? Others have suggested a connection to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma (“no, not”).”
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Adverb
ဘယ် • (bhai)
- (interrogative) where?
- (interrogative) which?
Derived terms
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-Ay Finals (> 32. What?)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 20
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