အရုပ်

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-, “nominal prefix”) +‎ ရုပ် (rup, “physical form, appearance”). For a semantic parallel, compare the usage of Chinese 形 (xíng, “shape”) in 人形 (rénxíng, “doll, puppet”).

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ရုပ်
• IPA^(key): /ʔəjoʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.rup • ALA-LC: ʼarupʻ • BGN/PCGN: ăyok • Okell: ăyouʔ

Noun

အရုပ် • (a.rup)

1. puppet, doll, figurine, toy
2. figure, picture, image
3. (figuratively) puppet

Derived terms

• အရုပ်ကြိုးပြတ် (a.rupkrui:prat)
• အရုပ်ကား (a.rupka:)
• အရုပ်စာ (a.rupca)
• အရုပ်ဆိုး (a.ruphcui:)

 

Further reading

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