ဗြဴ

See also: ဗြဲ

Mon

Etymology

Cognate to Nyah Kur เพรา (“wife”), Khasi (ka) briw (“woman”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Myanmar) IPA(key): /prɛ̤a/
  • (Thailand) IPA(key): /pre̤a/, /prɛ̤a/[2]
    • (file)

Noun

ဗြဴ (brau)[1]

  1. woman wife.[3]
    ဣဗြဴဏံကေတ်နၚ်။
    ʼibraoṇaṃketnaṅ.
    A woman brought them.
    ယၟုမၞိဟ်ဂမၠိုၚ်လေဝ်ချူမၞိဟ်တြုံမၞိဟ်ဗြဴဟာလေဝ်ချူ။
    ymumnihgamliuṅlewkhyūmnihtruṃmnihbraohālewkhyū.
    Write down their names and whether they are men or women.
    ကောန်ဗြဴ ― girl[3]
    မၞိဟ်ဗြဴ ― mnih brau ― a female person[3]
  2. wife
    Antonym: တြုံ (truʔ)

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • ဗြဴကၟာဲ
  • ဗြဴဝုတ်

See also

References
  1. Peiros, Ilia (1998) Comparative Linguistics in Southeast Asia (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-142)‎, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 270
  2. Sujaritlak Deepadung (1996) “Mon at Nong Duu, Lamphun Province”, in Mon-Khmer Studies‎, volume 26, page 416 of 411–418
  3. Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language‎, Rangoon: American Mission Press, pages 10, 101
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.