beeves

ဢိင်းၵလဵတ်ႈ

Beeves in Tanzania.

သဵင်ဢွၵ်ႇ

• တူၼ်းၸၢပ်ႈလႅပ်ႈ: -iːvz

ႁိၵ်ႈ

beeves

1. (archaic or humorous) တူဝ်ၼမ် ၶွင် 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...

   • 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."

   • 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."

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

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