အဖ

See also: အဖေ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ဖ (hpa., “masculine suffix”). Doublet of အဘ (a.bha.).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ဖ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəpʰa̰/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.hpa. • ALA-LC: ʼapha • BGN/PCGN: ăhpa. • Okell: ăhpá

Noun

အဖ • (a.hpa.)

1. father
2. male (of chicken); cock, rooster

Synonyms

• အဖေ (a.hpe)

Coordinate terms

• သမီး (sa.mi:, “daughter”)
• သား (sa:, “son”)
• အမိ (a.mi.), အမေ (a.me, “mother”)

Derived terms

• သားအဖ (sa:a.hpa.)
• အမိအဖ (a.mi.a.hpa.)

See also

• ဖခင် (hpa.hkang)

Further reading

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