See also: -ဖ and 𑄜

U+1016, ဖ
MYANMAR LETTER PHA

[U+1015]
Myanmar
[U+1017]

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pʰa̰/
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Etymology 1

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Letter

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(hpa.)

  1. Pha, the 23rd letter of the Burmese alphabet
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pha' "exchange"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Verb

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(hpa.)

  1. (archaic) to exchange
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Etymology 3

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷa (father, husband, person). Cognate with Mizo pa (father), Old Chinese (OC *pa, *ba, “man, husband”) (STEDT). Doublet of (bha.).

Particle

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(hpa.)

  1. particle suffixed to certain nouns to denote masculine gender
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Etymology 4

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According to STEDT, a clipping of ဖဝါး (hpa.wa:, palm), which STEDT derives from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(l)a-n ~ *p(w)a-n (palm, sole); see ဖဝါး (hpa.wa:) for more.

Particle

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(hpa.)

  1. particle prefixed to some words associated with the extremities of the limbs, especially the feet
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Further reading

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(pha)

  1. Pha, the twenty-second consonant of the Mon alphabet.
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