Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pʰjù/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpru • ALA-LC: phrū • BGN/PCGN: hpyu • Okell: hpyu

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Burmese ဖ္လူ (phlu).[1]

Adjective edit

ဖြူ (hpru)

  1. white[2]
  2. pure[2]
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Colors in Burmese · အရောင် (a.raung) (layout · text)
     ဖြူ (hpru)      မီးခိုး (mi:hkui:)      မည်း (many:)
             နီ (ni); ကြက်သွေး (krakswe:)              လိမ္မော် (limmau); ညို (nyui)              ဝါ (wa); နို့နှစ် (nui.hnac)
             စိမ်းဝါ (cim:wa)              စိမ်း (cim:)              စိမ်းဖန့်ဖန့် (cim:hpan.hpan.); စိမ်းပုပ် (cim:pup)
             စိမ်းပြာ (cim:pra); စိမ်းပြာနက် (cim:pranak)              ကြည်ပြာ (kranypra)              ပြာ (pra)
             ခရမ်း (hka.ram:); မဲနယ် (mai:nai)              ပန်းခရမ်း (pan:hka.ram:); ပန်းခရမ်းပြာ (pan:hka.ram:pra)              ပန်း (pan:)

Proper noun edit

ဖြူ (hpru)

  1. a unisex given name

Etymology 2 edit

 
ဖြူ (Hystrix indica)
 
ဖြူ (Atherurus macrourus)

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-blu (porcupine, hedgehog).

Noun edit

ဖြူ (hpru)

  1. hedgehog, porcupine
    Synonym: ဖြူကောင် (hprukaung)
    1. Indian crested porcupine, Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica, syn. H. leucura)[2]
    2. Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine (Atherurus macrourus)[2]
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^
    2006 January 1, Rudolf A. Yanson, Notes on the Evolution of the Burmese Phonological System[1], Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 103–120:
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ōno, Tōru (2000) ビルマ(ミャンマー)語辞典 [Burmese dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Daigakushorin, →ISBN, page 433