အုပ်

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *ʔup

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔoʊʔ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: up • ALA-LC: ʼupʻ • BGN/PCGN: ok • Okell: ouʔ

Verb

အုပ် • (up)

1. to cover.
2. to command and govern.
3. to maintain.
4. to add coriander or garnishes when the pot is about to be put down.
5. to cover ripe fruit with something to ripen it.
6. to cover and hide.
7. (slang) to harass the other side, to attack.
8. (slang) to devour.

Classifier

အုပ် • (up)

1. the herd, a word used to count books, etc.
2. a word used to count the number of times a gatha mantra is recited.

Noun

အုပ် • (up)

1. an insert with a cover made of diapers, etc.
2. a group of animate and inanimate (herd, tree)

Mon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Noun

အုပ် (ʼup)

1. block billet of wood jungle bush thicket.

Etymology 2

Burmese အုပ် (up).

Verb

အုပ် (ʼup)

1. to cover
2. to preside over
3. to be covered

Noun

အုပ် (ʼup)

1. volume or separate part of book quantifier for books lengths of cloth.

References

• Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.