ဖို့
Burmese
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respellings: ဖို့, ဗို့
- IPA(key): /pʰo̰/, /bo̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: hpui. • ALA-LC: phuiʹ • BGN/PCGN: hpo./bo. • Okell: hpoú/hpoú
Particle
ဖို့ • (hpui.)
- (colloquial) in order to, to (indicating purpose)
- ဘာလုပ်ဖို့ အစီအစဉ် ရှိသလဲ။
- bhaluphpui. a.cia.cany hri.sa.lai:||
- What do you plan to do?
- အတွေးအခေါ် ရင့်သန်ဖို့ စာ များများ ဖတ်သင့်။
- a.twe:a.hkau rang.sanhpui. ca mya:mya: hpatsang.||
- You have to read a lot in order for your mind to grow.
Synonyms
Postposition
ဖို့ • (hpui.)
- Alternative form of အဖို့ (a.hpui., “to, for”)
- ကလေးဖို့ ဖိနပ်တရန် ― ka.le:hpui. hpi.napta.ran ― a pair of sandals for the child
Further reading
- “ဖို့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
- “ဖို့” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
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