ဘာ

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Burmese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ဘာ (bha)

  1. (interrogative) what?

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ဘာ (phɛ̀a)[1]

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

Descendants

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  • Eastern Pwo: ဘာႋ (phā)

References

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  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 R. Halliday (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary[2], Bangkok: Siam Society, page 348
  3. ^ พวน รามัญวงศ์ [Phuan Ramanyawong] (2005) พจนานุกรมมอญ-ไทย ฉบับมอญสยาม [Mon-Thai (Siamese) Dictionary], กรุงเทพฯ [Bangkok]: มติชน [Matichon], →ISBN
  4. ^ 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

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Verb

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ဘာ (transliteration needed)

  1. to hold