ပူး
See also: ပူ
Burmese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pú/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pu: • ALA-LC: pūʺ • BGN/PCGN: pu: • Okell: pù
Etymology 1
Cognate with Shan ပူး (púu), though the direction of borrowing is unclear.
Noun
ပူး • (pu:)
See also
- (Burmese zodiac signs) ရာသီခွင် (rasihkwang); ဂဠုန် (ga.lun, “Garuda”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “Lion”), ဆင် (hcang, “Tusked Elephant”), ဟိုင်း (huing:, “Tuskless Elephant”), ကြွက် (krwak, “Rat”), ပူး (pu:, “Guinea Pig”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”) (Category: my:Burmese zodiac)
Etymology 2
Verb
ပူး • (pu:)
- to be close together, be stuck together
- (astronomy, astrology) to be in conjunction
- to be thick with somebody
- to bring together, clasp together, stick together, stay close to each other
- to be possessed by something
Derived terms
- ဆည်းပူး (hcany:pu:)
- ညှပ်ပူးညှပ်ပိတ်တိုက် (hnyappu:hnyappittuik)
- ညှပ်ပူးညှပ်ပိတ်မိ (hnyappu:hnyappitmi.)
- နတ်ပူး (natpu:)
- ပူးကပ် (pu:kap)
- ပူးတွဲ (pu:twai:)
- ပူးပေါင်း (pu:paung:)
- ပူးသတ် (pu:sat)
- လက်ပူးလက်ကြပ် (lakpu:lakkrap)
- အမြွှာပူး (a.hmrwapu:)
Further reading
- “ပူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Shan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puː˥/
- Rhymes: -uː
Etymology 1
Verb
ပူး • (púu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈပူး)
- to join, unite, place together
Etymology 2
Cognate with Burmese ပူး (pu:).
Noun
ပူး • (púu)
- guinea pig
- white mouse
Etymology 3
Noun
ပူး • (púu)
- long water weed, kind of watercress
References
- Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.