ပိုး
Burmese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း (puiw), ultimately from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bəw (“insect, snake, vermin, bug”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pó/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pui: • ALA-LC: puiʺ • BGN/PCGN: po: • Okell: poù
Noun edit
ပိုး • (pui:)
- insect
- silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
- maggot
- germ; microbe
- (slang) obsession, interest
Synonyms edit
- (insect): အင်းဆက် (ang:hcak)
References edit
- Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.
Further reading edit
- “ပိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.