ပူး

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pu: • ALA-LC: pūʺ • BGN/PCGN: pu: • Okell: pù

Etymology 1

Cognate with Shan ပူး (púu).

Noun

ပူး • (pu:)

1. guinea pig

See also

• (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

Verb

ပူး • (pu:)

1. to be close together; be stuck together
2. to be in conjunction
3. to be thick with somebody
4. to bring together; clasp together; stick together; stay close to each other
5. to be possessed by something

References

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

Shan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puː˥/
• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From Burmese ပူး (pu:).

Verb

ပူး • (púu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈပူး)

1. to join, unite, place together

Etymology 2

Cognate with Burmese ပူး (pu:).

Noun

ပူး • (púu)

1. guinea pig
2. white mouse

Etymology 3

Noun

ပူး • (púu)

1. long water weed, kind of watercress

References

• Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.