ပွေး

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwé/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pwe: • ALA-LC: pveʺ • BGN/PCGN: pwe: • Okell: pweì

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-jəw-n ~ bwəj (“rabbit, rat”). Compare Tibetan བྱི་བ (byi ba, “mouse”).

Noun

ပွေး • (pwe:)

1. mole; bamboo rat

Etymology 2

Noun

ပွေး • (pwe:)

1. ringworm

Descendants

• → Shan: ပူၺ်း (pói)

References

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