ဖး

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဖါ (phà).

Verb

ဖး • (hpä)

1. (intransitive) to crack, burst

Compounds

• နီၤဖး (naw̄ hpä)
• ဖးထီၣ် (hpä hṭaẁ)
• သ့ၣ်ဖး (thaỳ hpä)

 

Verb

ဖး • (hpä)

1. Used before monosyllabic descriptive verbs as an intensifier.

Compounds

• ဖးထီ (hpä hṭaw)
• ဖးဒိၣ် (hpä doh̀)
• ဖးယံာ် (hpä yeẹ)
• ဖးယံၤ (hpä yeē)
• ဖးယိာ် (hpä yoḥ)
• ဖးလဲၢ် (hpä leẖ)
• ဖးအါ (hpä ʼah)

 

Etymology 2

Compare Burmese ဖတ် (hpat), Western Pwo ဖီ.

Verb

ဖး • (hpä)

1. to read