ဖို့

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰo̰/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpui. • ALA-LC: phui′ • BGN/PCGN: hpo. • Okell: hpoú

Particle

ဖို့ (hpui.)

  1. 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.

References

  • 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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