ဘဲ

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *bay.

• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè: • Okell: bè

ဘဲ • (bhai:) (classifier ကောင်)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
2. (slang) boyfriend
3. ploughshare shaped like a duckbill

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• ပဲ (pai:) — rare

• Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

ဘဲ • (bhai:)

1. without (not doing or not having done something)

   ထီး မပါဘဲ ဘယ်တော့မှ မသွားပါဘူး

   hti: ma.pabhai: bhaitau.hma. ma.swa:pabhu:

   He never leaves without taking his umbrella.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• ပဲ (pai:) — rare

• Phonetic respellings: ဗဲ, ဖဲ
• IPA^(key): /bɛ́/, /pʰɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: bhai: • ALA-LC: bhai • BGN/PCGN: bè:/hpè: • Okell: hpè/hpè

ဘဲ • (bhai:)

1. Used after any sentence element or an entire sentence to add emphasis, indeed, really

   ဒီမှာဘဲ နေရ်ခဲ့

   dihmabhai: nerhkai.

   Stay right here!

   ခင်ဗျာ့သူငယ်ချင်းဘဲ ရေးတာလား

   hkangbya.su-ngaihkyang:bhai: re:tala:

   Was it your friend who wrote it?

   သိတာပေါ့ ကျွန်တော့် ညီတဝမ်းကွဲဘဲ

   si.tapau. kywantau. nyita.wam:kwai:bhai:

   Of course I know him, he’s my cousin!

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ဘဲ • (bhai:)

1. great grandfather's great grandfather, six generations removed from oneself

• (kinship generations) မျိုးဆက် (myui:hcak); ဘော (bhau:), ဘဲ (bhai:), ဘင် (bhang), ဘီ (bhi), ဘေး (bhe:), ဘိုး (bhui:), ဘ (bha.), သား (sa:), မြေး (mre:), မြစ် (mrac), တီ (ti), တွတ် (twat) / မျှော့ (hmyau.), ကျွတ် (kywat), ဆက် (hcak), ^{(Category: my:Family)}

• “ဘဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
• Okell, John (1969) A Reference Grammar of Colloquial Burmese, London: Oxford University Press, pages 294–97

From Pali bhaya, from Sanskrit भय (bhaya).

ဘဲ (phòa)

1. calamity