ဝိဘတ်

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali vibhatti (“division, distinction, classification, detail; inflection, declension, conjugation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wḭbaʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: wi.bhat • ALA-LC: vibhatʻ • BGN/PCGN: wi.bat • Okell: wíbaʔ

Noun

ဝိဘတ် • (wi.bhat)

1. (grammar) postposition; post-positional marker; word suffixed to a noun or pronoun to designate it as the subject or object, and to a verb to indicate time or mood

See also

• (parts of speech) ဝါစင်္ဂ (wacangga.); နာမဝိသေသန (nama.wi.sesa.na., “adjective”), ကြိယာဝိသေသန (kri.yawi.sesa.na., “adverb”), သင်္ချာပစ္စည်း (sanghkyapaccany:, “classifier”), သမ္ဗန္ဓ (sambandha., “conjunction”), အာမေဍိတ် (amedit, “exclamation”), နာမ် (nam, “noun”), ကိန်း (kin:, “numeral”), ပစ္စည်း (paccany:, “particle”), ဝိဘတ် (wi.bhat, “postposition”), ရှေ့ဆက် (hre.hcak, “preposition”), နာမ်စား (namca:, “pronoun”), ကြိယာ (kri.ya, “verb”); ပေါင်းစပ်ကြိယာ (paung:capkri.ya, “conjunction”), ^{(Category: my:Parts of speech)}

Further reading

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