ဘာ

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See also: ဘာႉ

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *(b/m)a-y (“what”). Cognate with Jingpho tr-hpa (“what?”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bà/
Romanization: MLCTS: bha • ALA-LC: bhā • BGN/PCGN: ba • Okell: ba

Pronoun

ဘာ • (bha)

(interrogative) what?

Derived terms

Further reading

“ဘာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali vihāra or Sanskrit विहार (vihāra, “monastery”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̤a/

Noun

ဘာ (phɛ̀a)^[1]

monastery; wat^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
(Myanmar) school^[1]^[2]
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Thailand) school
(Myanmar) funeral pavilion^[1]

Descendants

→ Eastern Pwo: ဘာႋ (phā)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary‎^[2], Bangkok: Siam Society, page 348
^ พวน รามัญวงศ์ [Phuan Ramanyawong] (2005) พจนานุกรมมอญ-ไทย ฉบับมอญสยาม [Mon-Thai (Siamese) Dictionary], กรุงเทพฯ [Bangkok]: มติชน [Matichon], →ISBN
^ จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple]

Shwe Palaung

Verb

ဘာ (transliteration needed)

to hold

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