ပို

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pò/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pui • ALA-LC: pui • BGN/PCGN: po • Okell: pou

Etymology 1

Probably borrowed from Pali bala.

Noun

ပို • (pui)

  1. counter used in a game of pachisi
Derived terms
  • ပိုသွား (puiswa:)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pui "basket, smaller than WB put"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

ပို • (pui)

  1. deep bamboo basket for storing or transporting dry goods

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pole.

Noun

ပို • (pui)

  1. a measure of length equivalent to five and half yards

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pui "crosspiece on deck of boat"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Noun

ပို • (pui)

  1. thwart (of a boat)
  2. timber planking connecting two boats lined abreast over which a deck is laid
Derived terms
  • ပိုပစ် (puipac)

Etymology 5

Adjective

ပို • (pui)

  1. extra, additional, superfluous, redundant
    ဒီလက​ အရင်လထက် ပိုပူတယ်။dila.ka.​ a.rangla.htak puiputai||This month is hotter than last month.

Verb

ပို • (pui)

  1. to be in excess, be more than what is necessary, be over and above the norm, overdo
  2. to exceed (be larger, greater than something else or than expected or desirable; go beyond the limits of something)

Derived terms

  • ငွေပိုငွေလျှံ (ngwepui-ngwehlyam)
  • စာပို (capui)
  • တောက်တပို (taukta.pui)
  • ပိုမို (puimui)
  • ပိုလျှံ (puihlyam)
  • ပိုလွန် (puilwan)
  • ဘီးတောင်ပို (bhi:taungpui)
  • လိုတိုးပိုလျှော့လုပ် (luitui:puihlyau.lup)
  • လုံးပို (lum:pui)
  • လူပို (lupui)
  • ဝန်ပို (wanpui)
  • အချပ်ပို (a.hkyappui)
  • အချိန်ပို (a.hkyinpui)
  • အပို (a.pui)
  • အသားပို (a.sa:pui)

Further reading

Pa'o Karen

Noun

ပို (transliteration needed)

  1. son