ငှက်ပျော

Burmese

ငှက်ပျော (hngakpyau:)

Etymology

The first syllable, ငှက် (hngak), is from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-ŋak (“plantain, banana”), and cognate with the first syllable of Akha [script needed] (ŋa djɛq, “wild banana”) (STEDT). The second syllable, ပျော (pyau:), is of unclear origin and interpretation.^[1]

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: င'ပျော
IPA^(key): /ŋəpjɔ́/
Romanization: MLCTS: hngakpyau: • ALA-LC: ṅhakʻpyo • BGN/PCGN: ngăpyaw: • Okell: ngăpyò

Noun

ငှက်ပျော • (hngakpyau:) (classifier ဖီး)

banana, plantain

Usage notes

As with most fruit names, this word is usually found compounded with သီး (si:, “fruit”); the full term is thus ငှက်ပျောသီး.

Derived terms

ငှက်ပျောပပ် (hngakpyau:pap)
ငှက်ပျောပွဲ (hngakpyau:pwai:)
ငှက်ပျောပွဲအုန်းပွဲ (hngakpyau:pwai:un:pwai:)
ငှက်ပျောပေါင်း (hngakpyau:paung:)
ငှက်ပျောဖူး (hngakpyau:hpu:)
ငှက်ပျောသီး (hngakpyau:si:)
ငှက်ပျောအူ (hngakpyau:u)
ရွှေငှက်ပျော (hrwehngakpyau:)
သီးမွှေးငှက်ပျော (si:hmwe:hngakpyau:)
သူငယ်စာငှက်ပျော (su-ngaicahngakpyau:)
အုန်းငှက်ပျော (un:hngakpyau:)

References

^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AW Finals (25. Banana, Musa sapientum)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 25