Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ဘု (bhu.)

  1. knob, node

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ဘု (bhu)

  1. Burmese script form of bhu, which is vocative singular of ဘူ (bhū, the earth)
  2. Burmese script form of bhu, which is vocative singular of ဘူ (bhū, eyebrow)

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo ၜူး (bɯ́), Pa'o Karen ဗူ. Possibly from Austroasiatic (Luce 1985), compare Danau ဗာ့ (báʔ).

Noun

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ဘု (bu)

  1. paddy
  2. rice

Synonyms

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References

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Luce, G. H. (1985). Phases of Pre-Pagán Burma: Languages and History. Oxford: Oxford University Press.