ပုရစ်

Burmese

Etymology

According to Starostin, the second syllable may be related to or formed from the same kind of sound-symbolism as Chinese 蟋蟀 (OC *sid/srid srud, “cricket”).

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: ပု'ရစ်
  • IPA(key): /pəjɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pu.rac • ALA-LC: puracʻ • BGN/PCGN: păyit • Okell: păyiʔ

Noun

ပုရစ် • (pu.rac)

  1. cricket (insect)
  2. leaf bud
  3. linchpin (of cart axle)

Derived terms

  • ပုရစ်စို့ (pu.raccui.)
  • ပုရစ်ဖူး (pu.rachpu:)

Further reading

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