ဦး

See also: ဥ and အူ

Burmese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʔú/
Romanization: MLCTS: u: • ALA-LC: ūʺ • BGN/PCGN: u: • Okell: ù

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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-bu-s (“head”).

Noun edit

ဦး • (u:)

(honorific) form of address for older men; sir
ဦး သန့်
u: san.
U Thant

Coordinate terms edit

ကို (kui) (for younger men)
ဒေါ် (dau) (for older women)
မ (ma.) (for younger women)

Descendants edit

→ Shan: ဢူး (ʼúu)

Classifier edit

ဦး • (u:)

used with people

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

ဦး • (u:)

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References edit

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

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