Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

အ- (a.-) +‎ ဘိုး (bhui:), the latter element from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *pəw (grandfather, older brother)

Noun edit

အဘိုး (a.bhui:)

  1. grandfather
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • အဘိုး 2 (‘grandfather’)” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 80.
  • အဘိုး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

အဘိုး (a.bhui:)

  1. Dated spelling of အဖိုး (a.hpui:).