ပဲ

See also: ပဲ့

Burmese

Etymology 1

ပဲ (pai:)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛ́/

Romanization: MLCTS: pai: • ALA-LC: pai • BGN/PCGN: pè: • Okell: pè

Noun

ပဲ • (pai:)

pea, bean, legume, pulse

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

ကပဲ (ka.pai:)
ဘဲ (bhai:)

Pronunciation

(after a vowel or /ɴ/)

Phonetic respelling: ဗဲ

IPA^(key): /bɛ́/

Romanization: MLCTS: pai: • ALA-LC: pai • BGN/PCGN: bè: • Okell: pè

(after /ʔ/)

IPA^(key): /pɛ́/

Romanization: MLCTS: pai: • ALA-LC: pai • BGN/PCGN: pè: • Okell: pè

Particle

ပဲ • (pai:)

(colloquial) indicates emphasis on the word or phrase it follows

Synonyms

ပင် (pang) (literary)

References

“ပဲ” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
“ပဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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