ဖောင်

• IPA^(key): /pʰàʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpaung • ALA-LC: phoṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: hpaung • Okell: hpauñ

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *poŋ (“raft, float”), which appears to be an areal word; compare Old Chinese 舫 (OC *paːŋs, *paŋs, “two connected boats”), and see there for more.

ဖောင် • (hpaung)

1. raft
2. twin hulled raft, catamaran

• → Shan: ၽွင်ႇ (phàung)
• → Jingpho: hpawng

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Semantic extension of the "raft" sense?”)

ဖောင် • (hpaung)

1. numerical classifier used in measuring height or depth equal to the height of a person standing with upraised hands, i.e. from the soles of his feet to the tips of his upraised hands

Borrowed from English forme.

ဖောင် • (hpaung)

1. forme for printing 4, 8, 16, or 32 pages of print

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981.”)

ဖောင် • (hpaung)

1. to be loquacious, loud, garrulous
2. to be plentiful

• “ဖောင်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.