Burmese by Ear/Essential Myanmar

2.4. Where, here and there (contd).

Numbers

Counting by helpings, platefuls, portions

pwèh/bwèh ပွဲ helping or plateful or portion

p’iq-sh-in-chiq hnăpwèh ဖစ်ရှ်အင်ချစ် နှစ်ပွဲ two platefuls of fish and chips

beiq-bìn lè-bwèh ဘိတ်ဘင်း လေးပွဲ four portions of baked beans

Weakening. The numbers tiq, hniq, k’un-hniq weaken before pwèh as usual (Lesson 1.5).

Voicing. pwèh is voiced to bwèh except after -ă and -q. For more see “Voicing Rule” in Appendix 1.

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