ပေး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ပိယ်ဟ် (piyh), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-bəj-n/k (“to give”) or Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pîʔ (“to give”). Cognate with Tibetan སྦྱིན (sbyin, “to give, to bestow”) and Chinese 畀 (bì, “to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pe: • ALA-LC: peʺ • BGN/PCGN: pe: • Okell: peì

Verb

ပေး • (pe:)

1. to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)

Derived terms

• ပေးချေ (pe:hkye)
• ပေးခြင်း (pe:hkrang:)

 

References

• Nishi, Y. (1999). Old Burmese: toward the history of Burmese. Bulletin of the National Museum of Ethnology, 23(3), 659-692.