beeves

ဢိင်းၵလဵတ်ႈ

Beeves in Tanzania.

သဵင်ဢွၵ်ႇ

• တူၼ်းၸၢပ်ႈလႅပ်ႈ: -iːvz

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beeves

1. (archaic or humorous) plural of beef: cows, bulls, or steers.
   • ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:RQ:King James Version
   • 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:

     ...bells and babies are valuable alſo here, and for which, (or one bead of cornelion) you ſhall have in exchange, Sheep (big tail'd like thoſe in Syria and Perſia) Beeves and Buffaloes, big-bond, fat, and Camel-backt...

     (ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ ၽိူမ်ႉသႂ်ႇပၼ် လွင်ႈပိၼ်ႇၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး တွၼ်ႈတႃႇ လွင်ႈဢၢင်ႈဢိင်ဢၼ်ၼႆႉ)

   • ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:RQ:Milton Paradise Lost
   • ထႅမ်းပလဵတ်ႉ:RQ:Swift Gulliver's Travels
   • 2004, Ginger Hanson, Ransom's Bride, page 106:

     "I heard Texas was horses and beeves."

     (ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ ၽိူမ်ႉသႂ်ႇပၼ် လွင်ႈပိၼ်ႇၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး တွၼ်ႈတႃႇ လွင်ႈဢၢင်ႈဢိင်ဢၼ်ၼႆႉ)

   • 2012, Alan Massie, In everything we say, there is an echo of 1066:

     "In Walter Scott’s novel Ivanhoe, a Saxon peasant explains that the oxen, calves, swine and sheep are good Saxons tended by Saxons when alive, but turn into Norman-French when they are ready to be eaten as beef (or beeves), veal, pork and mutton."

     (ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ ၽိူမ်ႉသႂ်ႇပၼ် လွင်ႈပိၼ်ႇၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး တွၼ်ႈတႃႇ လွင်ႈဢၢင်ႈဢိင်ဢၼ်ၼႆႉ)

   • (Can we date this quote?), Surrey folk rhyme:

     Sutton for mutton, Carshalton for beeves,
     Epsom for whores and Ewel for thieves.

     (ၶႅၼ်းတေႃႈ ၽိူမ်ႉသႂ်ႇပၼ် လွင်ႈပိၼ်ႇၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး တွၼ်ႈတႃႇ လွင်ႈဢၢင်ႈဢိင်ဢၼ်ၼႆႉ)