ဖုတ်

See also: ဖတ်

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰoʊʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hput • ALA-LC: phutʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpok • Okell: hpouʔ

Etymology 1

From a Proto-Tibeto-Burman *put (“to burn, raze”); compare Jingpho phùt (“to burn raze”) (STEDT). The comparison with Old Chinese 焚 (OC *bun, “to burn”) by STEDT appears phonetically outdated.

Verb

ဖုတ် • (hput)

  1. to bake (cook in an oven)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *put (“dust”).

Noun

ဖုတ် • (hput)

  1. dust
  2. (same as ဖုတ်ကောင် (hputkaung)) antlion
Derived terms
  • ဖုတ်ကောင် (hputkaung)
  • ဖုတ်စု (hputcu.)
  • ဖုတ်ပူမီးတိုက် (hputpumi:tuik)
  • ဖုတ်သိုက် (hputsuik)
  • မြက်ဖုတ် (mrakhput)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Pali bhūta.

Noun

ဖုတ် • (hput)

  1. evil spirit animating the body of a dying or dead person
Derived terms
  • ဖုတ်ဝင် (hput-wang)
  • ဖုတ်သွင်းရထား (hputswang:ra.hta:)
  • မြေဖုတ်ဘီလူး (mrehputbhilu:)

Etymology 4

Noun

ဖုတ် • (hput)

  1. clump (of grass, etc.)
Derived terms
  • ဖုတ်စု (hputcu.)
  • ဖုတ်သိုက် (hputsuik)
  • မြက်ဖုတ် (mrakhput)

Further reading

  • “ဖုတ်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 689.
  • “ဖုတ်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
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