See also: ပု

Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

ပူ (pu)

  1. to be warm, to be hot[1][2]
    Synonym: (more mildly) နွေး (nwe:)
    Antonyms: အေး (e:), ချမ်း (hkyam:)
  2. to worry, to be troubled, to pester, to nag, to bother[2]
  3. to be worried, to be anxious[1][2]
    Synonym: ပူပန် (pupan)
  4. to be plagued with, to be infested with[2]
  5. to be pressing, to be restive[2]
    ကလေးတစ်လုံးပူ...ka.le:tacnya.lum:pu...the child was restive all through the night...[2]
  6. to be urgent[1]
  7. to drill, to bore[2]
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ပူ (pu)

  1. to bulge in the middle[1][2]

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

ပူ (pu)

  1. cylindrical container with a lid[1][2]
    Synonym: ပူတာ (puta)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ပူ, 1; ပူ, 2; ပူ, 3; ပူ, 4” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 644.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 ပူ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Mon edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate to Nyah Kur [script needed] (puur, oriental turtle dove (spotted dove?)).[3]

Noun edit

ပူ ()

  1. dove[4][1][5][2][6]
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(Nouns)

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ပူ ()

  1. to bind cord or cloth round[4][1][5][2][6]
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(Verbs)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) Mon - Japanese Dictionary[2] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 599
  3. ^ Diffloth, Gérard (1984) The Dvaravati Old Mon languages and Nyah Kur (Monic Language Studies)‎[3], Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Printing House
  4. 4.0 4.1 Haswell, J. M. (1874) Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary of the Peguan Language: To which are Added a Few Pages of Phrases, &c[4], Rangoon: American Mission Press, page 89
  5. 5.0 5.1 อนุสรณ์ สถานนท์, ร้อยตรี [Anusorn Sathanon, Sub-Lt.] (1984) พจนานุกรม มอญ-ไทย [Mon-Thai Dictionary], page 109; Thai translation of Halliday, R. (1922) A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society (2nd ed.: Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1955).
  6. 6.0 6.1 จำปี ซื่อสัตย์ [Champi Suesat] (2007[2008]) “เขา (นก); พัน (วงรอบ)”, in พจนานุกรมไทย-มอญ สำเนียงมอญลพบุรี [Thai-Mon (Lopburi Dialect) Dictionary] (in Thai), ปทุมธานี [Pathum Thani]: วัดจันทน์กะพ้อ [Chan Kapho Temple], pages 28, 157

Shan edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Southwestern Tai *puːᴬ¹ (crab), from Proto-Tai *pɯwᴬ (crab). Cognate with Thai ปู (bpuu), Lao ປູ (), Tai Dam ꪜꪴ, ᦔᦴ (ṗuu), Ahom 𑜆𑜥 (), Zhuang baeu, Bouyei baul.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ပူ (pǔu)

  1. crab