ပိုး

See also: ပို, ပို့, and ပုံး

Burmese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Burmese ပိုဝ်း (puiw), ultimately from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bəw (“insect, snake, vermin, bug”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pó/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pui: • ALA-LC: puiʺ • BGN/PCGN: po: • Okell: poù

Noun

ပိုး • (pui:)

1. insect
2. silk (fine, soft cloth woven from silk fibers)
3. maggot
4. germ; microbe
5. (slang) obsession, interest

Synonyms

• (insect): အင်းဆက် (ang:hcak)

References

• Hill, Nathan W. "Evolution of the Burmese vowel system." Transactions of the Philological Society 110.1 (2012): 64-79.

Further reading

• “ပိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.