ပူး

See also: ပူ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pú/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pu: • ALA-LC: pūʺ • BGN/PCGN: pu: • Okell: pù

Etymology 1

Cognate with Shan ပူး (púu), though the direction of borrowing is unclear.

Noun

ပူး • (pu:)

1. guinea pig

See also

• (Burmese zodiac signs) ရာသီခွင် (rasihkwang); ဂဠုန် (ga.lun, “Garuda”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ခြင်္သေ့ (hkrangse., “Lion”), ဆင် (hcang, “Tusked Elephant”), ဟိုင်း (huing:, “Tuskless Elephant”), ကြွက် (krwak, “Rat”), ပူး (pu:, “Guinea Pig”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”) ^{(Category: my:Burmese zodiac)}

Etymology 2

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (pû "join, unite; possess, as spirit"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Bears some resemblance to Old Chinese 附 (OC *bos, “to stick, be close to”).”

Verb

ပူး • (pu:)

1. to be close together, be stuck together
2. (astronomy, astrology) to be in conjunction
3. to be thick with somebody
4. to bring together, clasp together, stick together, stay close to each other
5. to be possessed by something

Derived terms

• ဆည်းပူး (hcany:pu:)
• ညှပ်ပူးညှပ်ပိတ်တိုက် (hnyappu:hnyappittuik)
• ညှပ်ပူးညှပ်ပိတ်မိ (hnyappu:hnyappitmi.)
• နတ်ပူး (natpu:)
• ပူးကပ် (pu:kap)
• ပူးတွဲ (pu:twai:)
• ပူးပေါင်း (pu:paung:)
• ပူးသတ် (pu:sat)
• လက်ပူးလက်ကြပ် (lakpu:lakkrap)
• အမြွှာပူး (a.hmrwapu:)

 

Further reading

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

Shan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puː˥/
• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

From Burmese ပူး (pu:).

Verb

ပူး • (púu) (abstract noun လွင်ႈပူး)

1. to join, unite, place together

Etymology 2

Cognate with Burmese ပူး (pu:).

Noun

ပူး • (púu)

1. guinea pig
2. white mouse

Etymology 3

Noun

ပူး • (púu)

1. long water weed, kind of watercress

References

• Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary‎, Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.