mbei

mbei

1. water

• Susanne Holzknecht, Number and person in the Duwet language of Papua New Guinea, in The Boy from Bundaberg: Studies in Melanesian Linguistics in Honour of Tom Dutton (2001)

From Proto-Tai *ɓliːᴬ (“gallbladder; bile”). Cognate with Thai ดี (dii), Lao ບີ (bī), Shan လီ (lǐi), Ahom 𑜓𑜣 (dī) or 𑜎𑜣 (lī).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɓei˨˦/
• Tone numbers: mbei¹
• Hyphenation: mbei

mbei (1957–1982 spelling ƃei)

1. gallbladder