# ပေါ့
## Burmese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ̰/
* Romanization: MLCTS: pau. • ALA-LC: poʹ • BGN/PCGN: paw. • Okell: pó

#### Adjective

ပေါ့ • (pau.)
* light, not heavy, less in weight
* mild, not strong or intense, less in intensity
* wanting in saltiness or sweetness, light or mild in taste, weak in flavor
* not serious
* of loose character
* not sound of mind
* quick to act or respond

##### Derived terms

* ဆားပေါ့ (hca:pau.)
* ဆားပေါ့ခြောက် (hca:pau.hkrauk)
* ဆေးပေါ့လိပ် (hce:pau.lip)
* နွားပေါ့ (nwa:pau.)
* နှုတ်ပေါ့ (hnutpau.)
* ပေါ့ဆ (pau.hca.)
* ပေါ့ဆမှု (pau.hca.hmu.)
* ပေါ့ပြက်ပြက် (pau.prakprak)
* ပေါ့ပါး (pau.pa:)
* ပေါ့ပေါ့ဆဆ (pau.pau.hca.hca.)
* ပေါ့ပေါ့တန်တန် (pau.pau.tantan)
* ပေါ့ရွှတ်ရွှတ် (pau.hrwathrwat)
* ပေါ့လျော့ (pau.lyau.)
* ဖင်ပေါ့ (hpangpau.)
* မပေါ့မပါး (ma.pau.ma.pa:)
* မိန်းမပေါ့ (min:ma.pau.)
* ရင်ပေါ့ (rangpau.)
* လျှော့ပေါ့ (hlyau.pau.)
* လျှော့လျှော့ပေါ့ပေါ့ (hlyau.hlyau.pau.pau.)
* ဝန်ပေါ့ (wanpau.)

### Etymology 2

Same as ပါ့ (pa.).

#### Pronunciation

* Phonetic respellings: ပေါ့, ဗော့
* IPA: /pɔ̰/, /bɔ̰/
* Romanization: MLCTS: pau. • ALA-LC: poʹ • BGN/PCGN: paw./baw. • Okell: pó/pó

##### Usage notes

The voiceless variant /pɔ̰/ occurs after /ʔ/; the voiced variant /bɔ̰/ after vowels and /ɴ/.

#### Particle

ပေါ့ • (pau.)
* (chiefly colloquial) like (mild intensifier; used to mean "to say" or "to think")
** 2005, San San Hnin Tun, "Discourse particles in Burmese", in Justin Watkins (ed.), Studies in Burmese Linguistics, →ISBN, p. 193:
    ဒါရောင်းတာ မဟုတ်ဘူးပေါ့လေ။ (daraung:ta ma.hutbhu:pau.le||)
       He was, like, I'm not selling them, you know?
    အဲဒါနဲ့ လွင်မိုးကလည်း ဝမ်းသာအားရပေါ့နော်။ (ai:danai. lwangmui:ka.lany: wam:saa:ra.pau.nau||)
       So then Lwin Moe was, like, really delighted, you know.
* (chiefly colloquial) say (let's say: used to mark an example, supposition, or hypothesis)
** 2005, San San Hnin Tun, “Discourse particles in Burmese”, in Justin Watkins, editor, Studies in Burmese Linguistics, →ISBN, page 193:အက်စီဒင့် ဖြစ်သွားတာပေါ့နော်။ (akcidang. hpracswa:tapau.nau||)akcidang. hpracswa:tapau.nau|| (akcidang. hpracswa:tapau.nau||)So say there was an accident, right?
* (chiefly colloquial) you know (used to confirm agreement or understanding at the end of a statement)
** 2005, San San Hnin Tun, “Discourse particles in Burmese”, in Justin Watkins, editor, Studies in Burmese Linguistics, →ISBN, page 193:ကလဲ့စားချေတဲ့ သဘောမျိုးနဲ့ပေါ့။ (ka.lai.ca:hkyetai. sa.bhau:myui:nai.pau.||)ka.lai.ca:hkyetai. sa.bhau:myui:nai.pau.|| (ka.lai.ca:hkyetai. sa.bhau:myui:nai.pau.||)It was done as a way of getting even, you know.

##### Derived terms

* ဒါပေါ့ (dapau., “of course, indeed”)
* သပေါ့ (sa.pau.)
* ဟုတ်တာပေါ့ (huttapau.)

### Further reading

* “ပေါ့” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
* “ပေါ့” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.