ပူး
Burmese edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /pú/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pu: • ALA-LC: pūʺ • BGN/PCGN: pu: • Okell: pù
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ပူး • (pu:)
See also edit
- (Burmese zodiac signs) ရာသီခွင် (rasihkwang); ဂဠုန် (ga.lun, “Garuda”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “Lion”), ဆင် (hcang, “Tusked Elephant”), ဟိုင်း (huing:, “Tuskless Elephant”), ကြွက် (krwak, “Rat”), ပူး (pu:, “Guinea Pig”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”) (Category: my:Burmese zodiac)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
ပူး • (pu:)
- to be close together; be stuck together
- to be in conjunction
- to be thick with somebody
- to bring together; clasp together; stick together; stay close to each other
- to be possessed by something
References edit
- “ပူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Shan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
ပူး • (púu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈပူး)
- to join, unite, place together
Etymology 2 edit
Cognate with Burmese ပူး (pu:).
Noun edit
ပူး • (púu)
- guinea pig
- white mouse
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
ပူး • (púu)
- long water weed, kind of watercress
References edit
- Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.