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ပိုက်

Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paɪʔ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: puik • ALA-LC: puikʻ • BGN/PCGN: paik • Okell: paiʔ

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English pipe.

Noun edit

ပိုက် • (puik)

  1. pipe (plumbing); hose pipe
  2. straw

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

ပိုက် • (puik)

  1. net

Etymology 3 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (“to carry (on back or shoulders)”). Cognate with Chinese 負／负 (fù, “to bear”) and Chinese 背 (“back”).

Verb edit

ပိုက် • (puik)

  1. to bear; to hold
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