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ဖို

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See also: ဖိုး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Seems to be related to အဘိုး (a.bhui:, “grandfather”) in the "male suffix" sense, as suggested by the STEDT entry "ă phui (ă bhuì) -> grandfather", and the "one in a pair" sense is likely related by semantic shift "male" > "one in a binary (male vs female)" > "one in a pair". Luce gives Old Chinese 牡 (OC *mɯwʔ, “male”), Tibetan ཕོ (pho, “person”) as cognates for the "male suffix" sense,[1] and Tibetan ཕྱོགས (phyogs, “direction; for the sake of”) for the "one in a pair" sense.[2]”

Particle

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ဖို • (hpui)

  1. a word suffixed to a noun to denote maleness
  2. a term to differentiate one from the other in a pair of opposites
Derived terms
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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 etymology by STEDT (phui "fireplace"), while Luce adduces Old Chinese 庖 (OC *bruː, “kitchen”), Tibetan སྦུད་པ (sbud pa, “bellows”) as cognates.[3] Note also similarities to 鞴 (OC *brɯɡs, *baːɡs, *bɯɡ, “to saddle a horse; bellows”); while the "bellows" sense is rare and mostly occurs in Japanese, it is apparently attested in classical Chinese texts. Also compare Mon ဖဴ (“kitchen”)”

Verb

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ဖို • (hpui)

  1. to build a fire
  2. to flutter (of the heart)

Noun

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ဖို • (hpui)

  1. bakery, smithy, kiln
  2. bellows

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (47. Male Suffix (of bovids, animals, etc.))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29
  2. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (45. a Share; For...)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29
  3. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UIW Finals (46. Fireplace; Kiln; Bellows)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 29

Further reading

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