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beix

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French beige.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbeʃ]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbejʃ]
Audio (Valencia): (file)

Adjective

beix (invariable)

beige

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *biːᴮ (“older sibling”).^[1] Northern Tai dialects have the tone C such as Zhuang beix [peiꟲ²] due to contamination from Proto-Tai *nwoːŋꟲ (“younger sibling”).^[2]

In Northern Tai, cognate with Bouyei bix.

In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Thai พี่ (pîi), Northern Thai ᨻᩦ᩵, Lao ພີ່ (phī), Lü ᦗᦲᧈ (pii¹), Shan ပီႈ (pīi), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pei˦˨/
Tone numbers: bei⁴
Hyphenation: beix

Noun

beix (Sawndip forms 𤿌 [3] or 佊 [3] or 仳 [3] or ⿰亻貝 [3] or 𠾦 [3] or ⿰哥輩 [3] or 皮 [3] or ⿱比兄 [3] or 彼 [3] or ⿰皮先 [3], 1957–1982 spelling beiч)

older sibling
Antonym: nuengx
any older person of the same generation
Antonym: nuengx
(chiefly in folk songs) A term of address used by a girl to her boyfriend.

Derived terms

Adjective

beix (Sawndip form same as noun, 1957–1982 spelling beiч)

(of people) older; senior

References

^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[1], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 368
^ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎^[2], Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 336
↑ ^3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN

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