ဖူး

See also: ဖြီး, ဖို့, ဖြူ, ဖား, and ဖ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respellings: ဗူး, ဖူး
• IPA^(key): /bú/, /pʰú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hpu: • ALA-LC: phūʺ • BGN/PCGN: bu:/hpu: • Okell: hpù/hpù ဖုး

Usage notes

• /bú/ is used after vowels or /ɴ/, whereas /pʰú/ is used after /ʔ/.

Particle

ဖူး • (hpu:)

1. indicates a perfect tense

   ဗမာပြည် ရောက်ဖူးသလား။

   ba.ma-prany raukhpu:sa.la:||

   Have you ever come to Burma?

Noun

ဖူး • (hpu:)

1. (botany) bud
2. (card games) spades

See also

Suits in Burmese · ဖဲအပွင့် (hpai:a.pwang.) (layout · text)
ဖူးနီ, ပိမ့် (hpu:ni, pim.)	ထောင့်, ချွန်း (htaung., hkywan:)	ဖူး (hpu:)	ညှင်း (hnyang:)

References

• “ဖူး” in Burmese/Myanmar Dictionary of Grammatical Forms (Routledge 2001, →ISBN), by John Okell and Anna Allott.
• “ဖူး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.