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ဘေး

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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: “Not given etymology by STEDT (bhe³ "side"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Could this be related to Old Chinese (OC *piʔ, *pis, *bi, *bis, *biɡ, “to compare”)?”

Noun

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ဘေး (bhe:)

  1. side
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Pali bhaya (fear; fright). Cognate with Modern Khmer ភ័យ (phɨy), Lao ໄພ (phai), Thai ภัย (pai). Doublet of ဘယာ (bha.ya).

Noun

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ဘေး (bhe:)

  1. danger; harm
  2. disaster; catastrophe
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Etymology 3

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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 (ə-bhê "great-grandfather"). Luce gives Old Chinese (OC *piʔ, *pis, “honorific term for deceased mother”) as a cognate.[1]

Noun

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ဘေး (bhe:)

  1. great-grandfather
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-I and -E Finals (68. Grandmother; Ancestor)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 13

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