ဘု

See also: ဘှ့ၣ်, ဘ, ဘီး, ဘူး, ဘီ, ဘဲ, and ဘာ

Burmese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT, and not mentioned by Luce 1981.”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bṵ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: bhu. • ALA-LC: bhu • BGN/PCGN: bu. • Okell: bú

Noun

ဘု • (bhu.)

  1. knob, lump, node
  2. (colloquial) intransigent, brusque speech or manner

Derived terms

  • ဘုကျ (bhu.kya.)
  • ဘုကြည့်ကြည့် (bhu.krany.krany.)
  • ဘုပြော (bhu.prau:)
  • ဘုလုံး (bhu.lum:)

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • bhu (Latin script)
  • 𑀪𑀼 (Brahmi script)
  • भु (Devanagari script)
  • ভু (Bengali script)
  • භු (Sinhalese script)
  • ꧤု (Burmese script)
  • ภุ (Thai script)
  • ᨽᩩ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຠຸ (Lao script)
  • ភុ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄞𑄪 (Chakma script)

Noun

ဘု (bhu)

  1. Burmese script form of bhu, which is vocative singular of ဘူ (bhū, “the earth”)
  2. Burmese script form of bhu, which is vocative singular of ဘူ (bhū, “eyebrow”)

S'gaw Karen

Etymology

Cognate with Eastern Pwo ၜူး (bɯ́), Western Pwo ဘုၪ, Northern Pwo บืง, Pa'o Karen ဗူ, Western Kayah ꤙꤟꤌꤣ (bṳeoe), Kayan Baû, Geba Karen B́u, Bwe Karen Bhū. Possibly from Austroasiatic (Luce 1985), compare Danau ဗာ့ (báʔ).

Noun

ဘု • (bu)

  1. paddy
  2. rice

Synonyms

References

Luce, G. H. (1985). Phases of Pre-Pagán Burma: Languages and History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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