beix
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *biːᴮ (“older sibling”). Cognate with Thai พี่ (pîi), Northern Thai ᨻᩦ᩵, Lao ພີ່ (phī), Lü ᦗᦲᧈ (pii1), Shan ပီႈ (pīi), Ahom 𑜆𑜣 (pii), Bouyei bix.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pei˦˨/
- Tone numbers: bei4
- Hyphenation: beix
Noun
beix (old orthography beiч, Sawndip forms 𤿌, 佊, 仳, 𠾦, 皮, 彼)
- older sibling
- Antonym: nuengx
- any older person of the same generation
- Antonym: nuengx
- (chiefly in folk songs) A term of address used by a girl to her boyfriend.
Derived terms
- beixnangz
- beixngaenz
- beixnuengx
- daegbeix
- dahbeix
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