ဖဲ

Borrowed from Chinese 牌 (pái).

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpai: • ALA-LC: phai • BGN/PCGN: hpè: • Okell: hpè

ဖဲ • (hpai:)

1. cards (game)
2. playing card

• → Mon: ဖေဝ်

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

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *bhiiʔ (“full; sated”). Cognate with Bahnar phĭ, Laven baheʔ, Semai ba'heeq.

• (Myanmar) IPA^(key): /phoa/^[1]
• (Thailand) IPA^(key): /phoa/

ဖဲ (transliteration needed)

1. full; sated

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ဖယ့် (phɛ̂).

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

1. necklace

Used with the verb လံာ် (leẹ, “put on, wear (a necklace)”).

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

1. at, in

ဖဲ • (hpeh)

1. when