ဖိနပ်

Burmese

Alternative forms

ဘိနပ် (bhi.nap) (obsolete)

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (phi¹nɑp "shoe"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. MED treats the word as atomic; the constituent syllables are ဖိ (hpi., “to press, flatten”) + နပ် (nap, “to be sharp, fully cooked”) (second syllable doesn't seem to be semantically contributing). The Burmese looks a lot like Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx, “board, tablet, pinax”), and the meanings seem to match. The Greek word is known to have entered many other languages; it seems plausible that it entered Burmese via trade (what would be the most likely route, if true?).”

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: ဖိ'နပ်
IPA^(key): /pʰənaʔ/
Romanization: MLCTS: hpi.nap • ALA-LC: phinapʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpănat • Okell: hpănaʔ

Noun

ဖိနပ် • (hpi.nap) (classifier ရန်)

shoe, footwear
plinth
Synonym: စေတီ (ceti)

Synonyms

ခြေနင်း (hkrenang:)
ရှူးဖိနပ် (hru:hpi.nap)